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True story: I used to work as a machinist in the early 70’s, and as a sheet metal worker in the mid 70’s to late 80’s. In both of those fields I used tenths, hundredths, and thousandths on a daily basis.
Fast coward to 1989 and I was just starting a new career at Honda. My first few weeks were spent in extensive training learning things very foreign to me, including the metric system. One day I found myself in a classroom surrounded by other new hires, while the Japanese instructor taught us the basics of the metric system. I really struggled with this new system, in fact I was the only one that did struggle. Imagine my surprise when I learned that the housewives and white collar workers in my group picked up this new system very quickly. Growing frustrated, my Japanese instructor looked at me and sympathetically said that perhaps it would have been easier for me if I had never learned the decimal system. I had to admit he was right. I couldn’t seem to help myself, but whenever someone would read a measurement in microns, my brain immediately tried to translate that into a decimal I could understand. Fortunately, I did begin to grasp this new way of measuring things, and after a while it came naturally to me.
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China and Russia have put a man on the moon?
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BTW I think the world should use one system also, I for one will gladly wait for the rest of the world to leave the metric system behind. I am in no hurry.
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I reckon the odds of that happening must be about the same as you guys handing back to the British.
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Who struggled to grasp the micron Those first days were hectic As he learned to think metric Now FLRon's brain has naturally caught on
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Even putting aside the logic of using metric for length, area and mass one cannot make a case for still using Fahrenheit.
In Celsius, water freezes (turns solid) at 0deg. and boils (turns gas) at 100deg. (Yes I know, only at sea level or 0 altitude) Makes a lot more sense and easier to understand than the Fahrenheit scale that based on?????? Also, in metric the units of measurement are related and somewhat interchangeable in calculations, 1 cubic cm = 1 millilitre, 1 litre water = 1 kg. So logical and easy to use and calculate. How many ounces or cups of water does 1 cubic yard hold????
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1.17 fathoms.
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Isn't that a 'league'? ... or am I thinking 'furlong'?
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The British Thermal Unit (BTU), widely used in thermodynamics, is the amount of heat needed to raise one pound of water at maximum density through one degree Fahrenheit, equivalent to 1.055 × 10^3 joules.
Using Celsius makes sense but there are good reasons to keep using Fahrenheit, as well, and thermodynamics is only of them. Maybe there is somebody out there using joules for thermodynamics but I have no idea who. All the calculations I have done over the years for power plants and air conditioning systems have been based on BTU data. It's easy enough to convert between °C and °F. In most cases you just press a switch on a digital thermometer. I can't think of anyone I know who has trouble remembering that water at sea level boils at 212°F and freezes at 32°F. I believe that in Denver water boils at about 202°F (94.4°C). What's wrong with using both temperature systems as we are now doing and allow users to decide what they are comfortable with? - Glenn
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Spot on. Whenever I'm baking bread I weigh the water on digital scales and get much more accurate results. In answer to your question of how may cups of water does 1 cubic yard hold - well that really depends on how big Picasso's back yard was when he painted it. |
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I'll add one more good reason to hang on to Fahrenheit: People care a lot more about air temperature in their daily lives, than water temperature. No one needs to think that water freezes at 0 and boils at 100. They see ice or an ice cube, or they see water start to bubble. The visual is the more effective cue than the F or C numbers. But scientifically, Fahrenheit is actually more precise than Celsius as far as air temperature goes in our every day lives as humans. Our earthly range revolves on average around -20 to 110 F. A range of about 130 degrees. In Celsius, that equates to -28 to 43, i.e. a range of only 71 degrees! So there you go. People here in the US understand the differences between a 72 degree day and an 85 degree day. The range means a lot to how we perceive things. And that matters a lot in our daily lives. The Celsius crowd doesn't have as many numbers to play with.... So, maybe it's the US that has it right all along holding on to the Fahrenheit scale! (Never mind the construction industry and all our 2 x 4s ) As Glenn said, what's wrong with using both?
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