The article shows some obvious problems in trying to merge Dutch and British traditional measures. That is probably significant in why South Africa was so aggressive in its approach to metric conversion.
I wonder if we would find similarities in other colonies the British "took over" rather than where they were the first colonial power. However, in the US and Canada, non-British areas (French Canada, "New Holland", the Louisiana Purchase territories, the American Southwest) don't seem appreciably more metric than the rest of the countries (except maybe I-19 in Arizona). ________________________________ From: Pat Naughtin <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, February 12, 2010 1:44:21 AM Subject: [USMA:46599] Conversions Oh how I minds we do pervert, When first we practice to convert. See http://ancestry24.com/learning-centre/weights-and-measures Cheers, Pat Naughtin Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, that you can obtain from http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com/ to subscribe.
