On Wednesday 25 May 2011 11:03:10 James R. Frysinger wrote: > The latest edition of Metric Today (just received here on my farm) > contains a neat "reprint" from a U.S. House of Representatives report of > 1860. This reprint includes two tables showing the values of imports and > exports to and from (1) metric nations and (2) non-metric nations. In > each case the metric nations trade was significantly greater than the > non-metric nations trade with the U.S. And that was 15 years before the > Treaty of the Meter! > > It might bore folks to see a country-by-country list as is shown in this > report, but the bottom line comparison should show a stark contrast. > > Perhaps someone can peruse the pages of the ITA or similar source to > develop a "factoid" showing that our trade with metric nations is vastly > larger than our trade with non-metric nations. With just two figures to > compare, the message should be clear. > > "In 2010 U.S. exports to metric nations had a value of $xxx and U.S. > exports to non-metric nations had a value of $yyy."
The biggest country figure is the exports to Great Britain and colonies, which are listed among the metric nations. I didn't see India in the list, so I guess it's among them. Also note that the trade with Hayti was a lot more than with San Domingo. Nowadays Haiti is poorer, and it's smaller in area. To be compared validly, the trade figures should be divided by the population and the area (not both at once). Greece is listed among the metric nations, and Turkey (where the dönüm was several square meters less than its present 1000) and Ionian Republic among the non-metric. What was the Ionian Republic? Pierre -- lo ponse be lo mruli po'o cu ga'ezga roda lo ka dinko
