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But the places with metric often have Celsius too. Which is less precise than fahrenheit.
So tell us how it's about precision and accuracy lol
Could be like 3 or four degrees colder or hotter, same temp in C
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Metrick...It was originally pushed by an English clergyman...which given his day job raises some red flags...(Kenneth Copeland is worth north of 760 million now). Now if it had been invented by a machinist, or a mechanic or a surveyor or a navigator...I'd pay more attention to metrick. Hand me that 9/16, please.
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Napoleon had the metric system developed because every country he conquered had a different measuring system. From there it spread all over the world. French, Spanish, Italian, and German colonies used it. Metric is all based on 10's.
You start with a millimeter; 10 millimeters is a centimeter. 100 centimeters or 1,000 millimeters is a meter (a little longer than a yard), 1,000 meters is a kilometer (about a half mile).
1 cubic centimeter is a gram of water. 1,000 grams is a kilogram dry weight (2.2 lbs) or 1 liter of water. 1,000 liters of water is a metric ton (about 2,200 lbs).
Anything less than 1 liter of liquid weight is a milliliter or say 1 cup is about 300 milliters (ml)
Not hard to remember. Each wrench metric is based on millimeters. So the higher mm the larger the wrench.
In metric heat and cold, 0 degrees is freezing or 32 F. 100 degrees is boiling or 212 degrees F. There is also the Rankin temperature scale, and the Kelvin scale used in physics and space. 0 in Kelvin is absolute zero where everything freezes and nothing can get colder. This is like deep space far away from the sun or any star.
Fahrenheit was developed first by a Dutch scientist in the 1600's. Most countries have switched to Centigrade metric scale because water is identifiable easier. Kelvin will eventually win out if our species becomes seriously space bearing, like Startrek or Starwars, due to space being so cold between stars.
Eventually we will have to go metric if we continue to trade with other countries.
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What do Myanmar, Liberia, and the United States have in common? They are the only countries in the whole world that are not on the metric system. There is a reason practically all the world is metric. It's not because the metric system is less useful than SAE. Actually if you had a clue you could see that the Metric system does not have any advantage over SAE, none and there are areas where SAE kicks Metrics azz.
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SAE designed and engineered equipment defeated the metrics in 2 world wars and the losers are still trying to make us go backwards… Excellent post!
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Napoleon had the metric system developed because every country he conquered had a different measuring system. From there it spread all over the world. French, Spanish, Italian, and German colonies used it. Metric is all based on 10's.
You start with a millimeter; 10 millimeters is a centimeter. 100 centimeters or 1,000 millimeters is a meter (a little longer than a yard), 1,000 meters is a kilometer (about a half mile).
1 cubic centimeter is a gram of water. 1,000 grams is a kilogram dry weight (2.2 lbs) or 1 liter of water. 1,000 liters of water is a metric ton (about 2,200 lbs).
Anything less than 1 liter of liquid weight is a milliliter or say 1 cup is about 300 milliters (ml)
Not hard to remember. Each wrench metric is based on millimeters. So the higher mm the larger the wrench.
In metric heat and cold, 0 degrees is freezing or 32 F. 100 degrees is boiling or 212 degrees F. There is also the Rankin temperature scale, and the Kelvin scale used in physics and space. 0 in Kelvin is absolute zero where everything freezes and nothing can get colder. This is like deep space far away from the sun or any star.
Fahrenheit was developed first by a Dutch scientist in the 1600's. Most countries have switched to Centigrade metric scale because water is identifiable easier. Kelvin will eventually win out if our species becomes seriously space bearing, like Startrek or Starwars, due to space being so cold between stars.
Eventually we will have to go metric if we continue to trade with other countries. You had me until you made Star Trek and Star Wars one word each. Zero credibility. P
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But the places with metric often have Celsius too. Which is less precise than fahrenheit.
So tell us how it's about precision and accuracy lol
Could be like 3 or four degrees colder or hotter, same temp in C Another excellent post!
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Napoleon had the metric system developed because every country he conquered had a different measuring system. From there it spread all over the world. French, Spanish, Italian, and German colonies used it. Metric is all based on 10's.
You start with a millimeter; 10 millimeters is a centimeter. 100 centimeters or 1,000 millimeters is a meter (a little longer than a yard), 1,000 meters is a kilometer (about a half mile).
1 cubic centimeter is a gram of water. 1,000 grams is a kilogram dry weight (2.2 lbs) or 1 liter of water. 1,000 liters of water is a metric ton (about 2,200 lbs).
Anything less than 1 liter of liquid weight is a milliliter or say 1 cup is about 300 milliters (ml)
Not hard to remember. Each wrench metric is based on millimeters. So the higher mm the larger the wrench.
In metric heat and cold, 0 degrees is freezing or 32 F. 100 degrees is boiling or 212 degrees F. There is also the Rankin temperature scale, and the Kelvin scale used in physics and space. 0 in Kelvin is absolute zero where everything freezes and nothing can get colder. This is like deep space far away from the sun or any star.
Fahrenheit was developed first by a Dutch scientist in the 1600's. Most countries have switched to Centigrade metric scale because water is identifiable easier. Kelvin will eventually win out if our species becomes seriously space bearing, like Startrek or Starwars, due to space being so cold between stars.
Eventually we will have to go metric if we continue to trade with other countries. Bullschit, get them to go SAE, much better system.
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But the places with metric often have Celsius too. Which is less precise than fahrenheit.
So tell us how it's about precision and accuracy lol
Could be like 3 or four degrees colder or hotter, same temp in C Is there an issue with measuring Celsius to the 0.001 degree C? Please explain the rationale of having water freeze at 32 degrees vs 0 degrees.
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But the places with metric often have Celsius too. Which is less precise than fahrenheit.
So tell us how it's about precision and accuracy lol
Could be like 3 or four degrees colder or hotter, same temp in C Is there an issue with measuring Celsius to the 0.001 degree C? Please explain the rationale of having water freeze at 32 degrees vs 0 degrees. Why is that significant?
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Napoleon had the metric system developed because every country he conquered had a different measuring system. From there it spread all over the world. French, Spanish, Italian, and German colonies used it. Metric is all based on 10's.
You start with a millimeter; 10 millimeters is a centimeter. 100 centimeters or 1,000 millimeters is a meter (a little longer than a yard), 1,000 meters is a kilometer (about a half mile).
1 cubic centimeter is a gram of water. 1,000 grams is a kilogram dry weight (2.2 lbs) or 1 liter of water. 1,000 liters of water is a metric ton (about 2,200 lbs).
Anything less than 1 liter of liquid weight is a milliliter or say 1 cup is about 300 milliters (ml)
Not hard to remember. Each wrench metric is based on millimeters. So the higher mm the larger the wrench.
In metric heat and cold, 0 degrees is freezing or 32 F. 100 degrees is boiling or 212 degrees F. There is also the Rankin temperature scale, and the Kelvin scale used in physics and space. 0 in Kelvin is absolute zero where everything freezes and nothing can get colder. This is like deep space far away from the sun or any star.
Fahrenheit was developed first by a Dutch scientist in the 1600's. Most countries have switched to Centigrade metric scale because water is identifiable easier. Kelvin will eventually win out if our species becomes seriously space bearing, like Startrek or Starwars, due to space being so cold between stars.
Eventually we will have to go metric if we continue to trade with other countries. Bullschit, get them to go SAE, much better system. Yes, because 16ths, 32nds, and 64ths are so much easier to deal with than everything being in 10ths?
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The Imperial System is ten times easier to understand than the metric system. Agreed. And SAE also has a simple method for fractions.
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But the places with metric often have Celsius too. Which is less precise than fahrenheit.
So tell us how it's about precision and accuracy lol
Could be like 3 or four degrees colder or hotter, same temp in C Is there an issue with measuring Celsius to the 0.001 degree C? Please explain the rationale of having water freeze at 32 degrees vs 0 degrees. Why is that significant? Because mjbgalt says Celsius is less precise than Fahrenheit. I'd like to hear how, and why.
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Please explain the rationale of having water freeze at 32 degrees vs 0 degrees. Well duh, zero degrees is a lot colder than 32 degrees. Everyone knows that. P
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The Imperial System is ten times easier to understand than the metric system. Agreed. And SAE also has a simple method for fractions. Fine what does 1/3rd of a meter measure? 333.333333333 +/- mm
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Please explain the rationale of having water freeze at 32 degrees vs 0 degrees. Well duh, zero degrees is a lot colder than 32 degrees. Everyone knows that. P Laughin' here.
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But the places with metric often have Celsius too. Which is less precise than fahrenheit.
So tell us how it's about precision and accuracy lol
Could be like 3 or four degrees colder or hotter, same temp in C Is there an issue with measuring Celsius to the 0.001 degree C? Please explain the rationale of having water freeze at 32 degrees vs 0 degrees. Why is that significant? Because mjbgalt says Celsius is less precise than Fahrenheit. I'd like to hear how, and why. Just told you. One degree of C could be several degrees of F...it is less precise.
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