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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. Apparently one Celsius is around 3 times bigger than one degree. Example Convert 20 degrees Celsius to degrees Fahrenheit: T(°F) = 20°C × 9/5 + 32 = 68 °F
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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 Freezing of water is an arbitrary thing to pick, to ask for a representative number to use to focus a whole system on Why not burning of paper or the freezing of alcohol or boiling of motor oil lol
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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. Kelvin will eventually win out if our species becomes seriously space bearing, like Startrek Yeah! Because of all the countries that use the Metric System and have put men on the moon! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Let's list them?
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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. Apparently one Celsius is around 3 times bigger than one degree. Example Convert 20 degrees Celsius to degrees Fahrenheit: T(°F) = 20°C × 9/5 + 32 = 68 °F Right. C is imprecise because it has fewer units of measure than F. And the metric weirdos claim to prefer better precision, while embracing C. That was the point, btw.
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I can't believe some of the irrational bullshit I'm reading here.
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Lol I'm sure you mean my poor attempt at expressing my point using correct terminology.
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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. This exchange wins the irony contest...
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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? You bet, not to mention the metric system breaks everything down into millimeters which are a bit smaller than needed for many projects. A 1/2' socket does anything a 12MM or 13MM socket can do. A SAE socket set has fewer sockets in it because the system is more efficient. You do not need sockets or wrenches spaced 1 millimeter apart. 1/16 is much better. You end up with more sockets or wrenches than needed with metric. 1/16 inch = 1.5875 mm
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I can't believe some of the irrational bullshit I'm reading here. You shouldn't be...
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There are lot's of counties that use the metric system and there is one county that has it's own collection of moon rocks.
Just sayin.
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I can't believe some of the irrational bullshit I'm reading here. An interesting thought, tell me how measuring in thousandths of an inch is harder than measuring in millimeters. And tell me how using a Metric steel tape is easier or faster than using one set up for inches. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/pTmcFbf8/Screenshot-2023-03-20-at-17-58-08-How-to-Read-a-Tape-Measure-The-Tape-Store.png)
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...and what size ratchet does a feller use for a 12mm socket?
...3/8" drive, of course.
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There are lot's of counties that use the metric system and there is one county that has it's own collection of moon rocks.
Just sayin. Did Wernher von Braun drop the metric system when he worked on the Saturn V? Just askin'.
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Yeah!
Because of all the countries that use the Metric System and have put men on the moon!
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Let's list them? You probably should check out what measurement system SpaceX uses BEFORE you make stupid comments. Just sayin... 😁😅😅🤣🤣🤣
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Ain't my fault. 50 years ago I was in elementary school and they were saying then that we were going to soon change to metric. Ain't happened.
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These are two machinists scales, one Metric and one Inch. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/6pqN03N4/Screenshot-2023-03-20-at-18-08-39-s-l400-jpg-JPEG-Image-400-239-pixels.png) ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/4yWS76yL/Screenshot-2023-03-20-at-18-03-16-metric-machinists-scale-at-Duck-Duck-Go.png)
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There are lot's of counties that use the metric system and there is one county that has it's own collection of moon rocks.
Just sayin. Did Wernher von Braun drop the metric system when he worked on the Saturn V? Just askin'. Yes? Pretty hard to get stuff made back then if you dimensioned drawing in mms. Maybe he got a waiver like he did for being a Nazi?
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I detest the metric system with every fiber of my being. I hate it more than I hate Allen screws... and I REALLY hate Allen screws.
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My dad had an 80 Olds station wagon that was metric.
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I detest the metric system with every fiber of my being. I hate it more than I hate Allen screws... and I REALLY hate Allen screws. More than Torx?
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