Von: rapantel@stuttgart.netsurf.de (Mike Pantel)
  Datum: 29.03.98, 13:17:01
Betreff: Metric vs US-Miles

Dear Subscribers,

I wish that you will come back to a more on-topic discussion in
this list.

The metric system since 1795 is the standard in France, since 1872
in Germany, later in all european countries. Nearly all big
countries in the world use this system - except of the USA.

My opinion is that every body should use the system he/she is
most familar with in private terms. If somebody want to measure
length with "his" foot - why not?

The standard is actually the metric system as I mentioned above.
So for a discussion group like this the people must know how to
convert from their own system to metric. I will continue to send
informations in this most common system because all of the
documents found in Germany (and this is the region you all
researches) uses the metric system. To avoid conversion problems
I think it's the best to use a common base.

For those who needs more background:
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/index.html or
http://www.nist.gov/metric

Regards,
Mike

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