Pat: I completely agree. And your idea of two thermometers is an excellent one!
I also like the little ditty for remembering the "feel" of the different multiples-of-ten temperatures in Celsius. :-) Cheers, Ezra P. S. Will the bloody rain and flooding ever stop???? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Naughtin" <[email protected]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 9, 2011 3:58:28 PM Subject: [USMA:49455] Re: And a Canadian shall show them ... Dear Ezra, Direct metrication would have degree Celsius thermometers ONLY in the house -- and especially in schools or Colleges -- so no metric conversion would ever be necessary. Years ago, I used to paste a poem like this next to the degrees Celsius ONLY thermometer: Zero is freezing, 10 is not. 20 is pleasing, 30 is hot. 40 frying, 50 dying. I also once had two degree Celsius thermometers with suction circles that I could seal onto glass. I placed one inside a glass door and the other outside. That way you could check the inside temperature, the outside temperature, and calculate the difference without opening the door. Cheers, pat Naughtin Geelong, Australia On 2011/01/10, at 03:38 , [email protected] wrote: Pat, It is easy for those familiar with conversion to get Fahrenheit from Celsius. What I was trying to illustrate is that for most people whatever system they are used to is what they understand and the other ways of measuring becomes opaque. It is a hopeful sign, but only if we actually switch and stick with it (unlike the UK muddle). Cheers, Ezra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Naughtin" < [email protected] > To: "U.S. Metric Association" < [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, January 9, 2011 12:20:20 AM Subject: [USMA:49450] Re: And a Canadian shall show them ... On 2011/01/09, at 18:03 , [email protected] wrote: I have talked to other Canadians who are actually working down here in the States and who confess that they still have trouble understanding Fahrenheit Dear Ezra, Fahrenheit is easy to understand. Just remember that all you have to do to get 0 degrees Fahrenheit has something to do with a salt called ammonium chloride mixed with ice and water (sorry, but I don't know the proportions). The other part is a little more difficult as to get 96 degrees Fahrenheit you need to have Mrs, Fahrenheit's armpit available as this was the standard upper temperature set by Mr. Fahrenheit. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit#History where they say: " The second point, 100 degrees, was the level of the liquid in the thermometer when held in the mouth or under the armpit of his wife — subsequent refinements. " Good luck with your experiments. Cheers, Pat Naughtin LCAMS 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. Pat Naughtin LCAMS 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.
