2010-03-24 12:01 AM
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2010-03-24 04:24 AM
Matthew wrote:Didn't think Antarctica was that far behind But yes, check the name of the image.... Well done Matthew.
Aren't the grey ones the places where British Imperial Measure is still in use?
2010-03-24 06:13 AM
2010-03-24 12:27 PM
Measuring system. MAN - measure of all things.Surely do you want to bury the last natural system of measurement?
In order to meet the needs of a person makes a thing. To serve man, they must be proportionate to it. In ancient times, human body parts were a natural basis for all units. Even today, that most clearly imagine the size of a subject, we say that he is in so many times life-size, its length is of so many elbows, that he is in so many feet or more in so many heads above.
The introduction of the metric system of measures to stop these methods of measurement.
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2010-03-24 05:21 PM
Valery wrote:Yes, as quickly and completely as possible.
Surely do you want to bury the last natural system of measurement?
2010-03-24 05:28 PM
2010-03-24 05:57 PM
2010-03-24 06:08 PM
The foot can be divided by 1/2, 1/3, 1/4...... what is 1/3 of a meter?Not sure that I get why being able to precisely divide a unit of measurement by 3 is so important. Continuing that logic dividing a foot by 5, 7, 9, and 10 doesn't really work. Are those divisions any less important?