Thanks, I'm moving this to a separate thread. = = = =
On 12/8/10 2:52 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Patrick, > > I am so impressed by your article that I would like to order 500 reprints. > How can I place the order, and what is my bill? > > Another initiative: Would ASNT or the publisher of your article be willing to > flood the Congress and the Executive Branch with reprints of your article at > my expense up to $ 1 000, or perhaps to an even higher upper limit? > > Eugene Mechtly > > ---- Original message ---- >> Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 11:15:20 -0600 (CST) >> From: <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [USMA:49061] Re: Numeracy and metrication >> To: [email protected], "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> >> >> Excellent article, Patrick! I hope it is distributed to all members of >> Congress, to the White House, and to all Departments, Agencies, and >> Administrations of the Executive Branch (and to the US Postal Service after >> the wording on a particular line is changed to "postal scales" or "weighing >> scales" replacing "weight scales.") >> Some might consider this a trivial distinction, but it is important for >> serious students of elementary science and for inspectors applying ASNT >> Standards. >> >> "Weighing" is a process of balancing forces (by any consistent unit of >> force), but "weight" is a "quantity" having the SI unit "newton" by >> declaration of the CGPM. >> >> Gene Mechtly. >> >> ---- Original message ---- >>> Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 15:14:59 +0000 >>> From: Patrick Moore <[email protected]> >>> Subject: [USMA:49061] Re: Numeracy and metrication >>> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> >>> Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> >>> ... >>> See attached my article on metric measurement....
