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!!!!

I would consider 33[m]=3.3[km] is even more slipshod...

"The Eternal Squire" wrote in message
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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!!!!

I'm tired, and my fingers were running away from me.

The Eternal Squire

On 22 Dec 2005 18:47:24 -0800, "The Eternal Squire"
wrote:



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

Wow, that is 1000 times the speed of light!
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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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