Howard, The original book is predominantly metric with some weird exceptions. Inches are used for a few things, and water is measured in liters and in drams. Considering it was published in 1965, and it took Frank Herbert around 10 years to research and write it, I think that's impressive. At that time, most sci-fi was USC.
On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 12:00 AM Howard Ressel <[email protected]> wrote: > Thumbs Up Movie (for the most part). > > > > Saw Dune recently, not sure what units Frank Herbert used in the original > (I may have to see if I can find that in my copy) but in the movie metric > is used almost exclusively. I say almost as there is one reference to > non-Si units for some reason. I’d like to hope it was likely a mistake > that a script editor did not find. > > > > Howard > > > > *From:* USMA <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Michael > Payne > *Sent:* Monday, November 8, 2021 11:38 AM > *To:* USMA List Server <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [USMA 1825] Re: Fahrenheit > > > > Which publication are we talking about here? Or have I not recieved the > previous correspondence? > > > > Mike Payne > > > > On 8 Nov 2021, at 01:09, Hillger,Donald <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Thanks Stan for responding. > > > > I urge everyone who sees this to reply and support a more-logical Celsius > scale. This is one of those things USMA members and USMA listserver > subscribers can do to support the metric cause. They need to hear from > metric supporters to let them know that not everyone is ok with Fahrenheit. > > > > Don Hillger > > USMA President > > > > *From:* USMA <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Stanislav > Jakuba > *Sent:* Sunday, 7 November, 2021 09:11 > *To:* Sushil Kanwar <[email protected]>; Lazar Pevac < > [email protected]>; Eric Guyer <[email protected]>; U.S. Metric > Association <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [USMA 1823] Fahrenheit > > > > This Sunday paper again promotes Fahrenheit. I wrote the following > in response: > > I enjoy reading your columns (Sunday HC). Except this Sunday when you > state: ".... Celsius to stay in the science". > > I wonder what it is that "... makes it more sensible in the science?" > > > > Perhaps you mean the Kelvin scale, because the Celsius scale is certainly > "sensible" to just about everybody in the world outside the US. And you > know that, of course. Everybody is familiar with water. Setting on the > approximation of 0 and 100 scale is apparently more convenient than > alternatives, Fahrenheit included. > > > > With the best wishes, > > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma > > > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma >
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