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Hybrids, old and new
We have come across two examples of hybrid measures, and speculate if these might help in those countries struggling with the transition from old to new measures. Likes(30)Dislikes(4)
Posted in Consumer affairs, General, Recipes
Tagged cup, hybrid measures, imperial, imperial measures, measurement units, metric, metric foot, weights and measures
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Straight bananas and the metric system – the EU legacy?
With Brexit still dominating the news, Ronnie Cohen looks at one of the biggest obstacles to completing our transition to the metric system: its perceived link to the European Union. Likes(41)Dislikes(1)
Posted in Consumer affairs, General, History, Law, Media, Myths
Tagged 1862, 1895, 1965, 1992, anti-EU, anti-metric, Britain, common market, decimalisation, EEC, EU, European Coal and Steel Community, European Union, europhobe, eurosceptic, euroscepticism, imperial, metric system, metrication, Metrication Programme, Select Committee, Single Market, standardisation, standards, transition, UK, weights and measures
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Then there were two
We ask if it is time for supporters of so-called British weights and measures to come to terms with the fact that only two systems of weights and measures are recognised world wide, and British aka Imperial is not one of … Continue reading
Posted in General, History, Views from abroad
Tagged imperial, imperial measures, metric, US, USA, USC, weights and measures
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Measurement units and the European Economic Community
In the third of our series of articles we look at EU involvement in the UK’s prolonged metric conversion. Likes(5)Dislikes(0)
Posted in Consumer affairs, General, History, Law, Myths
Tagged EEC, EU, imperial measures, metric, muddle, Road signs, weights and measures
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How the UK created a measurement muddle
The series of four articles on the outcome of the EU referendum continues with a look at how the current measurement muddle came about. Likes(6)Dislikes(0)
Posted in Consumer affairs, Education, General, History, Law, Road signs
Tagged Department for Transport, Education, EU, imperial, measurement units, metric, muddle, UK, weights and measures
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EU in or out: metric either way
In February, the Prime Minister confirmed the date of the referendum which will decide whether the United Kingdom remains in or leaves the European Union (EU). The referendum will take place on 23 June 2016. In this article, Ronnie Cohen … Continue reading
Posted in General, History, Law, Myths, Views from abroad
Tagged 1972 White Paper on metrication, EU, imperial, metric, metrication, weights and measures
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There may be hope for us yet
Metric Views has come across a personal view on the use of the metric system in Germany that may surprise some of our readers. Likes(0)Dislikes(0)
Posted in General, History, Views from abroad
Tagged Germany, measurement units, metric, weights and measures
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A day at the National Museum of Measurement
The summer holidays are in full swing, so John Frewen-Lord provides us with some light reading for a lazy day, plus a reminder that it is back to school in a month. Now where are my sun glasses? Likes(0)Dislikes(0)
Posted in Consumer affairs, Education, General, History
Tagged Education, imperial, imperial measures, measurement units, metric, weights and measures
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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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