The conversion exercises you mention (e.g., centiliters in a dekaliter)
are all within one system. Years ago we discussed the issue on the USMA
mail list and the consensus I recall was that this should be called
scaling, not conversion. The latter is what we called starting in one
system and ending in another.
It's unfortunate that the article's author used gm to stand for gram,
rather than g.
Jim Frysinger
On 2016-10-20 20:27, [email protected] wrote:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/real-food/curing/how-to-make-your-own-pancetta-zbcz1610
"These additions are based on a percentage of the starting weight of the
meat therefore, it is important to use measurements of weight such as
grams, ounces and pounds. Do not use units of volume such as cups,
tablespoons and teaspoons. Using the metric system makes all of the
calculations easier, and most scales that you are using for your home
charcuterie efforts should have both Imperial and Metric units. Take the
leap now and convert to metric it will make things easier in the long run."
The point of the article is so simple that it's puzzling why so many
make so big a deal about using the metric system in the remaining 40% of
daily activities.
I remember that when the U.S. government botched its chance in the
1970s, the educational methodology was all wrong (leave it to the
government to botch it!). Large amounts of class time were spent in
conversion exercises: how many centiliters are there in a dekaliter?
How many decigrams are there in a centigram? Useless.
The lesson that we in USMA need to get out is that the most effective,
and easiest, way of learning metric, as it is of learning a foreign
language, is total immersion. Think metric. For example, most
thermometers are now digital. Simply set them to metric units and think
only in those units. Look at the readings several times a day. Get your
weather information off the internet -- Weather Underground is fully
metric, for example -- rather than the television. Soon you will find
that you are having trouble dealing with Fahrenheit.
--Martin Morrison, "Metric Today" Columnist
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