Hi Mark,
The spur for metrication in the UK came from the engineering industry, starting in 1965. By that time, design work on Concorde was under way. Work on Concorde, which was powered by Rolls Royce engines, was about 50-50 British and French and was virtually all in metric units. Almost all of Britains aircraft development since then have been joint enterprises such as the Eurofighter and the Airbus range of aircraft. In the case of Airbus, Rolls Royce supply engines and BAe supply the wings. There is more information at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_the_United_Kingdom and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_of_British_transport. Martin From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Henschel Mark Sent: 11 March 2013 16:50 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:52491] RE: (4) Ten reasons to hate... I was in England (Birmingham) several times, and visited the Rover, Jaguar, and Rolls Royce engine plants (aircraft) All are metric. I assume since BMW (or Diamler Benz-forgot which) owns Rolls Royce and Bently (also owned by a German company now) they are completely metric. Might be a question for our friends across the pond. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Potts <w...@wfpconsulting.com> Date: Saturday, March 9, 2013 5:09 pm Subject: [USMA:52480] RE: (4) Ten reasons to hate... To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu> > > > > > > And, of course, the micron is not even a recognized > SI unit, having been displaced, years ago, by the correct micrometre (µm). > Not a surprising error, of course, for an anti-metric > luddite. > > I used non-US spelling advisedly, as the US spelling is > ambiguous. Out of context, is micrometer referring to a unit of measure > (micrometer) or a measuring instrument > (micrometer)? > > But we digress (or, at least I do). > :o) > > Bill > > > _____ > From: Kilopascal [mailto:kilopas...@cox.net] > > Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 11:11 > To: U.S. Metric > Association > Subject: (4) Ten reasons to hate... > > > > The ACWM claims on their Facebook > page: > > One > of our officers is doing volunteer work and encounters a wide variety of inch, > cu. yd., gallon, Fahrenheit, and fl. oz. measures every time he makes it out. > The only metric unit encountered is maybe the micron for respirator masks and > the ubiquitous "16.9 fl. oz." water bottle. Gallons abound for water too though. > > > http://www.facebook.com/ACWMeas/posts/400215216742066?comment_id=2331906 > > USMA posters need to go to their site and post > goods and products that they have encountered in the US that are rounded > metric. > > Anyone also know how metric Rolls-Royce > is? > > >
