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Re: Metric Time (was Re: Why not 13 months? (Was La Systeme Metrique))
Alan Roberts (alanr@rd.bbc.co.uk)
12 Oct 1995 08:46:37 GMT
Michael Kagalenko (mkagalen@lynx.dac.neu.edu) wrote:
: In article <45fd6h$3kd@shore.shore.net>, Whittet <Whittet@shore.net> wrote:
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: ]Because metric intervals require steps of ten times the previous value,
: ]whereas English measures allow a choice of proportions, the English measures
: ]are actually much easier to use in practical reckonings.
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: "much easier to use in practical reckonings" ? Then, I expect,
: you'll have no trouble telling me how many pints are in one
: cubic foot ?
How about 1 cubic foot of water weighs 1000 ounces?
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