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Monthly Archives: January 2013
A trip to the Imperial Scrapyard
When consulting a reference book from 1896, we came across an article about imperial measures which provides a timely reminder that, even in its heyday, this ‘system’ was not as straightforward as some would now have us believe. Likes(0)Dislikes(0)
Posted in Consumer affairs, Education, General, History, Science
Tagged Education, gallon, imperial measures, weights and measures
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DfT misses another trick
The Department for Transport wants to reduce sign clutter. Very commendable, you might think. So why don’t they adopt an obvious measure that would make many signs smaller, simpler and easier to read – and thereby reduce clutter? Likes(0)Dislikes(0)
Posted in General, Road signs, Transport
Tagged Department for Transport, DfT, imperial road signs, metric road signs, Road signs, sign clutter
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Cabinet Office gets its kilowatts in a twist
Visitors to the Cabinet Office website will see that this branch of the Government is measuring its energy use in “kilowatt-hours per hour”. It is a sad reflection on the quality of civil service support given to this crucial part … Continue reading
Posted in Education, General, Science, Technical
Tagged Cabinet Office, energy, joule, measurement units, No 10
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