[TheForge] welding question

[Mark Williams]

Andy,

When the French devised the metric system in the late 1700's, metric time
was devised. However, the units did not come close to matching any of
seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, etc. People were just too used
to 24 hour days and unwilling to try anything else. Sunrise and sunset were
not controlled by the revolutionaries and metric time failed.

Mark
Snow Hill, Maryland
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Vida" <osan at netlabs.net>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 11:05 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] welding question


>
>
> Rich Maynard wrote:
> >
> > Really? And I thought everything was bigger in America?
> >
> > ;-)
> >
> > actually, we've gone metric and now have 100 minutes in our
hours...(only a
> > matter of time, sigh.)
>
> I've wondered why the metric freaks haven't gone that
> route yet.  I guess redesigning everything including
> chips would be a pretty tall order.
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