[Amps] Amps Digest, Vol 32, Issue 12: Metric system

[Gary Smith]

Then there is pressure measurement. kilogram squared.  Fer instance: 40 lbs or so of oil pressure is a little over 5 kg/sq. This is not an exact figure but close enough.
73,
Gary... wa6fgi
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mirko Sibilja 
  To: N7HIY ; w5grg ; amps at contesting.com 
  Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 10:38 AM
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  ...they buy petrol in #litres#! Know personally lot of UK guys who drink lot
  of beer in 20 oz. pints and still manage to keep straight, :-D

  Mirko, S57AD
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "N7HIY" <N7HIY at comcast.net>
  To: "w5grg" <w5grg at comforttexas.net>; <amps at contesting.com>
  Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 7:08 PM
  Subject: Re: [Amps] Amps Digest, Vol 32, Issue 12: Metric system


  > Who knows where the inch, pound, gallon and yard measurments originated
  > from? What point in history?
  > Poor English, they measure breast size in inches, buy petrol in liters and
  > drink beer in 20 oz. pints; how do they keep it straight?
  > Try converting C.F.M. to gallons per hour sometime and be accurate withing
  > .000002%
  >
  > Cliff N7HIY
  >
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  > From: "w5grg" <w5grg at comforttexas.net>
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  > Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 8:31 AM
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  >
  > > The US adopted the metric system in the late 1800's.
  > > If you understand tolerances and the various systems of measurement, the
  > > English system is really better for common work, you can't beat
  > > fractions. Also, how do you order 1/2 of a pie at the bakery in the
  > > metric system .5 of a pie?
  > > Those schooled in the metric system think it is more "accurate" being
  > > base 10 only. The English system is base 2, 3 and 10, I have an entire
  > > machinists chest of micrometers, dial indicators, etc all marked in
  > > 1/1000 or 1/10000 of an INCH. What about a pints a pound the world
  around?
  > > I was trying to build a 2M antenna out of the 2001 Handbook, the
  > > dimensions are in MM, but I could never get it done, I would cut the
  > > elements off to the correct MM length in the morning, but by afternoon
  > > and 100 degree heat, they were too many MM long, so I had to cut them
  > > again,next morning, I checked and they were too short so I had to throw
  > > them all away and start again. I think I will go crazy building the
  > > antenna, maybe I will just get a premade one and stop trying, hopefully
  > > the instructions will be in English.
  > > I wonder how far it really is the the North Pole?
  > > Thanks, George W5GRG
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