It's sad that the origin of the metric is an issue at all. I'm no historian but there must be many things that we take for granted in everyday life which were invented/conceived in Europe or elsewhere. What sort of world do these people think we are living in?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Naughtin" <[email protected]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, 13 June, 2010 9:29:46 AM Subject: [USMA:47762] UK reversion to multiple measures Part 2 Dear All, This is an addition to the previous reference: this one includes all 60 of the comments.: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1284560/End-road-Labours-kilometre-mile-makes-comeback.html#comments It would appear that few people from the Uk who responded to this article are aware that the metric system was invented in London so they are complaining about a 'foreign' English metric system – how odd. See http://www.metricationmatters.com/who-invented-the-metric-system.html Cheers, Pat Naughtin Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, see http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html Hear Pat speak at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lshRAPvPZY 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. S ee 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.
