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Monthly Archives: June 2015
Metric Malta
Malta is one of four EU countries which, within living memory, did not have metric as their primary system of measures. A recent holiday in Malta prompted a look at its transition to the metric system from traditional measures. Likes(0)Dislikes(0)
Posted in General, History, Road signs, Transport, Views from abroad
Tagged imperial measures, Malta, metric, metrication, weights and measures, yellow buses
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Waterloo 1815 – what if?
We speculate on the consequences if there had been a different outcome at the Battle of Waterloo. Likes(0)Dislikes(0)
Posted in Consumer affairs, General, History, Myths, Views from abroad
Tagged measurement units, mesures-usuelles, metric, Napoleon, The Low Countries, Waterloo, weights and measures
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Una mensura sit per totum regnum nostrum
On Monday 15 June, the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta was celebrated in much of the English-speaking world. In this article we look at one of its less well-known clauses – that relating to weights and measures. … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer affairs, General, History, Law, Views from abroad
Tagged Magna Carta, measurement units, weights and measures
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Dying embers and a few flying sparks
The concluding article of this series looks at the ignominious end of the UK’s attempt, began fifty years ago, to make the transition to a single, simple and universal measurement system. Likes(0)Dislikes(0)
Posted in Consumer affairs, General, History, Law, Myths, Road signs, Views from abroad
Tagged DfT, EU, imperial measures, metric, metric road signs, Road signs
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