[AT] Supposedly why our old tractors are not metric and a fairly simple tutorial

[Cecil Bearden]

Does this mean that we use cornbread for a factor instead of PI?
Cecil

On 2/24/2020 2:09 PM, Mark Johnson wrote:
> There is an 'alternative' degree system where a full circle is 400 
> degrees and a right angle is thus 100 degrees instead of 90. I haven't 
> played with the math implications, but it seems logical that all 
> triangles in such a system would have angles adding up to 200 degrees.
>
> The trig tables would look a bit strange at first but I think all the 
> identities will work regardless of the metric.
>
> Mark J
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> a fairly simple tutorial
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> Metric time?  Say 10 metric hours per day, 100 metric minutes per 
> hour... why don't we do that?
> Metric circles?  Why not divide into 100, or 1000 parts rather than 360?
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> SO
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> On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 9:09 AM Indiana Robinson 
> <robinson46176 at gmail.com <mailto:robinson46176 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     I'm not sure how accurate this story is but it matches what I had
>     read for years.
>     https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/04/12/metric-system-usa/
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>     If they had listened to Jefferson we would  not be messing with a
>     double system, metrics would just be what we use...  The 10 based
>     system can be done in your head (could have saved all those years
>     learning those damned fractions)  :-)  and every tool box wouldn't
>     have a fraction to decimal conversion chart tucked in somewhere
>     that you can't ever find when you need it. Also we would not have
>     to worry about some dead kings thumb size getting lost or a bad
>     few years for the barley crop or a lot of other stuff they tried
>     to set as standards long ago.
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>     This site looks fairly well done and I liked the little section on
>     the metric size of a few common objects.
>     https://www.wikihow.com/Measure-Centimeters?fbclid=IwAR1z77b9GTGRpTD7TM1cH51LA1CKzsTyPJ-n87HsRDmbJv7b5ME7QyCVpbs
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>     If you have forgotten how to use your Abacus there is a section on
>     that too.  :-)
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>     Central Indiana USA
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