#metrication — Public Fediverse posts
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Just found out that the company that produces yardsticks won’t be making them any longer.
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Today in BoneQuest History for October 26th 2004 "POWERS OF TEN" https://bonequest.com/2189 #bonequest :pants: :deuce: #american #americans #canada #deuce_pants #fractions #government #math #metric #metric_system #metrication #sfw #si #us
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Today in BoneQuest History for October 26th 2004 "POWERS OF TEN" https://bonequest.com/2189 #bonequest :pants: :deuce: #american #americans #canada #deuce_pants #fractions #government #math #metric #metric_system #metrication #sfw #si #us
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@Neverfadingwood This shambles is due to an early incarnation of Euro-scepticicism in the 1980s that equated the metric system (first defined by the Royal Society in London in the 19th century) with the EU and 'Brussels'. To appease these headbangers the government abolished the Metrication Board and left us with a half-arsed system that makes no sense to anyone. It should have been a warning to us all, but now the headbangers rule... #Metrication #metric
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@Neverfadingwood This shambles is due to an early incarnation of Euro-scepticicism in the 1980s that equated the metric system (first defined by the Royal Society in London in the 19th century) with the EU and 'Brussels'. To appease these headbangers the government abolished the Metrication Board and left us with a half-arsed system that makes no sense to anyone. It should have been a warning to us all, but now the headbangers rule... #Metrication #metric
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> 1962
> The Met Office switches to degrees Celsius for weather reports and forecasts for the general public, with Fahrenheit retained as a secondary unit to aid the transition “for a period of several years.” (It initially uses the obsolete term centigrade). -
> 1962
> The Met Office switches to degrees Celsius for weather reports and forecasts for the general public, with Fahrenheit retained as a secondary unit to aid the transition “for a period of several years.” (It initially uses the obsolete term centigrade).