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Monthly Archives: March 2015
A skirmish across the Pond
Readers may be interested in a recent exchange of views between Clay Rogers, a journalist with a newspaper in Iowa, and Paul Trusten, Vice President of UKMA’s sister organisation in the USA. Likes(0)Dislikes(0)
Posted in Consumer affairs, General, History, Science, Views from abroad
Tagged measurement units, pharmacy, USA, USC
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Signs of the times
We compare the Government’s different approaches to two separate proposals for new road signs. Likes(0)Dislikes(0)
Posted in Road signs, Transport
Tagged bridge strikes, DfT, metric road signs, Road signs
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Whitworth’s forgotten legacy
Whitworth is famous for the eponymous screw thread, and for his promotion of standard measures and interchangeability that brought about an engineering revolution. Less well known are his enthusiasm for decimal measurement and his opposition to the introduction of the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, General, History, Science, Technical
Tagged decimal, fractions, interchangeability, metric system, Metrication Programme, metrology, Sir Joseph Whitworth, Whitworth
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A Biblical specification and a problem solved (almost)
We are justifiably proud in England of the legal principles laid down in Magna Carta in 1215, but less supportive of its command, “Let there be one measure …”. However, weights and measures laws are as old as civilisation. In … Continue reading
Posted in General, History, Technical
Tagged construction, cubit, dimensions, length, measurement, unit
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