On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 04:43:59 +0000 (UTC), "Reg Edwards"
wrote:


The French should be given full credit for inventing the unit of
length by correctly spelling it, the "METRE".

Reg, I think the US was one of the relatively early signatories to the
metre convention, but reserved the position to spell "metre" as
"meter".

I can't recall when the UK signed the convention, my recollection is
that we in VK signed it much later than both, however we metricated
earlier than the UK, and the US hasn't metricated (metericated???) in
the true sense of the word.

I don't miss the days of rods roods poles perches chains etc, without
mentioning other dimensional units.


Also, this avoids confusion with the frequently used word "METER", a
measuring instrument, when they are both mentioned in the same
sentence.
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Oh well.

Give some people 25.4mm and they will take 16,609.344m! (Lost
something in the translation I suspect!)

Owen
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Owen Duffy wrote:

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Give some people 25.4mm and they will take 16,609.344m! (Lost
something in the translation I suspect!)

Owen
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Hmmm ... 16,609.344m = 10 miles does it not??

Not only did it lose something in translation, it lost something in units,

Give some people an inch and they will take a mile grin NOT 10
miles!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear Owen:
As I recall, very early in The Republic's life, the use of the metric
system was made legal.

Rods, chains, links, feet, inches, and degrees are bound to legal
descriptions of land here in The Republic in a manner that is likely to be
permanent. Some land descriptions sound like this:

The east half of the NE quarter of section 24, T16N, R8W. This describes 80
acres in the corner of a specific section (one mile on each side) in the
16th township north of a reference and the eighth west of a reference. An
ideal township is 36 square miles (6 by 6 miles).

Out East, some descriptions reference objects that have not been seen
for a few hundred years. Precision GPS and its required antennas will, with
time and care, change the some properties are described.

73 Mac N8TT

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"Owen Duffy"

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Reg, I think the US was one of the relatively early signatories to the
metre convention, but reserved the position to spell "metre" as
"meter".

I can't recall when the UK signed the convention, my recollection is
that we in VK signed it much later than both, however we metricated
earlier than the UK, and the US hasn't metricated (metericated???) in
the true sense of the word.

I don't miss the days of rods roods poles perches chains etc, without
mentioning other dimensional units.

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Owen
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Reg Edwards wrote:

The French should be given full credit for inventing the unit of
length by correctly spelling it, the "METRE".

Also, this avoids confusion with the frequently used word "METER", a
measuring instrument, when they are both mentioned in the same
sentence.

The accident investigation crews here have a device that meters
distances. I assume that in the UK, it is calibrated in metres.
Do you guys call that device a "metre meter"?
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp

Oh, come on....

In engineering literature an SI measurement is generally given as a
number followed by the abbreviated unit in braces: 330 [cm] = 33 [m]
= 3.3 [km]

Sorry for being slipshod and forgetting the braces.

The Eternal Squire

P.S. Why Santa got pulled over: 3E8 [km/s], not just a good idea, its
the LAW!!!!

The accident investigation crews here have a device that meters
distances. I assume that in the UK, it is calibrated in metres.
Do you guys call that device a "metre meter"?

Cecil, We'd call it a
1) Metre measuring device, indicating
a measurement solely in Metre Units
2) distance measurement meter. In
English terms your pronunciation of Metre Meter would
also be grammarmatically incorrect and not good
English, in speaking terms.

Much the same as 1) Tonne, a metric measurement of weight. IE,
a mass equal to 2,205 Lbs.
2) Ton, a unit of weight. IE,
an English Imperial unit equating to 2000Lbs. Also
3) Ton, a unit of weight. IE,
A weight of 2,240 Lbs, equal to 1.016 metric tons, known
as a long Ton.
And you though you were confused Eh!!!!! 73's De Dave LOVL

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As I replied to Cecils Question on Metres and Meter, 2,000Lbs is an
American equivelant of a Ton, 2,240Lbs is the equivelant of an English
Ton. Who said the French should be given credit? for what? Confusing me
for a start.
We spent hundreds of years fighting to keep them out, then built a
tunnel to let them through. LOL Dave

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