Thanks Carleton,
It seems that baby mass in grams was well established by the 1980s –
but when did they begin?
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,
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Phone: 61 3 5241 2008
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helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the
modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they
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On 2010/03/01, at 15:44 , Carleton MacDonald wrote:
My two sons, Evan and Jeffrey, were born at Kaiser Hospital in San
Francisco in 1984 and 1986 respectively.
The “It’s a Boy!” signs on the bassinettes, and the official
indication on the State of California birth certificate
registration, gave their measurements as 3690 g and 4390 g
respectively. And that was back then. Those originals are now on
file at the Office of Vital Records, Department of Public Health,
City and County of San Francisco.
I still don’t know what they were in pounds and ounces.
Carleton
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Pat Naughtin
Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 23:47
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:46797] Babies in grams
Dear All,
Does anyone know when babies were first measured in metric units?
I suppose that this might have begun in places such as France and
the Netherlands in the early 1800s – but specifically when?
Also when was the first use of metric units for babies:
in the USA?
in the UK?
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 for more metrication
information, contact Pat at [email protected] or
to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter
to subscribe.
