Bill Aycock on sun 6 oct 96
At 11:45 AM 10/6/96 EDT, you (Bob Jameson)[Anglersnet] wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
weigh the glaze application in grams per square inch or
>square centimeters. (more accurate).
>
>Good Glazing, Bob Jameson
>
Bob, Sorry to jump on you, but the popular fallacy that the metric system is
more accurate than the english system is bunk. I have had to work, (as an
Engineer in the Aerospace Industry) with measurements ranging from tonnes
per tun.( a measure of specific weight) to square meters per gram ( an
indicator of particle size). I am VERY familar with comparative measurement
systems.
Please dont contribute to this error in perception. The metric system has
advantages, but they are because the system has a DESIGNED relationship
among the units of measurement, not because of any inherent accuracy or
precision.
Bill Aycock --- Persimmon Hill --- Woodville, Alabama, USA
--- (in the N.E. corner of the State)
also-- W4BSG -- Grid EM64vr
Kirk Morrison on mon 7 oct 96
On 6 Oct 96 at 22:03, Bill Aycock wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> At 11:45 AM 10/6/96 EDT, you (Bob Jameson)[Anglersnet] wrote:
> >----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> weigh the glaze application in grams per square inch or
> >square centimeters. (more accurate).
> >
> >Good Glazing, Bob Jameson
> >
> Bob, Sorry to jump on you, but the popular fallacy that the metric system is
> more accurate than the english system is bunk. I have had to work, (as an
> Engineer in the Aerospace Industry) with measurements ranging from tonnes
> per tun.( a measure of specific weight) to square meters per gram ( an
> indicator of particle size). I am VERY familar with comparative measurement
> systems.
Right the method of meassuring might be more accurate, and might be
in the metric system. It is more accurate because it is a more precise
method, and the system it is in just plain doesn't matter.
> Please dont contribute to this error in perception. The metric system has
> advantages, but they are because the system has a DESIGNED relationship
> among the units of measurement, not because of any inherent accuracy or
> precision.
>
>
After 10 years of dealing with mg/l versus ppm I have to agree. Both
systems are equally accurate and having dealt with them both, in the
long run I prefer the English system to metric. I really prefer it
when it comes to tempetures. 75 degrees F is more accurate than the
metric equivelent. The the metric equivelent covers over twice the
range for the same temp.
Kirk
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