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George Lendich wrote:
Bob,
Interesting to say the least - why do I not feel fully satisfied ?
However your right, it may all be in the records somewhere!
I will research it.
BTW I've never fully accepted Metric - still work mostly in inches. I can understand those who want simplicity, but for my own point of view everything seems to have evolved in12's - degrees, time etc.
I found it interesting to see how some measurements evolved i.e a foot was someone's foot ( perhaps the King's) a yard is taken from the shoulder joint to the finger tips - from what I've read etc. etc. I have just found the variation of the gallon annoying from the Aviation point of view - then one starts to wonder WHY?
I once read an interesting theory (just a theory) that part of this all had to do with timing. Before the advent of computers, a base-10 system actually doesn't make as much sense as you'd think (despite the finger count), because it's harder to divide numbers. If you have 10 of something, you can only divide it (evenly) by 2 and 5. If you have 12, you can divide it by 2, 3, 4, and 6.
Who wants a third of a chicken? =)
Regards,
Chad
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