<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
</head>
<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<p>Tom:</p>
<p>That copper bar was suspect to me also, for the simple fact that
brass, a compound of copper will expand & contract with heat
and cold. One of our old sayings it "Cold enough to freeze the
balls off a brass monkey". A monkey was the holder sort of shaped
like a hand for cannonball on a ship. They were made of brass.
At exceptionally cold temps, the metal would contract and the
balls would fall off the monkey.. So came the saying to describe
the weather.... Kinda like colder than a well diggers butt in
Utah.... One of my dad's old sayings...<br>
Cecil<br>
</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/24/2020 5:50 PM, Thomas Martin
wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:2137026893.2007944.1582588215465@webmail.xtra.co.nz">
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<p>A bit of creative writing... Certainly chronologically
challenged, with Dombey captured allegdly<br>
</p>
<p>in possession of a Standard meter, 4 years before the length
was established. :-)<br>
</p>
<div class="ox-6dc9300653-HwtpBd ox-6dc9300653-gsrt
ox-6dc9300653-PZPZlf">
<div class="ox-6dc9300653-Z0LcW ox-6dc9300653-AZCkJd">FYI From
more credible sources:<br>
</div>
<div class="ox-6dc9300653-Z0LcW ox-6dc9300653-AZCkJd"><br>
</div>
</div>
<div class="ox-6dc9300653-LGOjhe"><span
class="ox-6dc9300653-ILfuVd ox-6dc9300653-NA6bn"><span
class="ox-6dc9300653-e24Kjd">The metric system <strong>was</strong>
first proposed in 1791. </span></span></div>
<div class="ox-6dc9300653-LGOjhe"><span
class="ox-6dc9300653-ILfuVd ox-6dc9300653-NA6bn"><span
class="ox-6dc9300653-e24Kjd">It <strong>was adopted</strong>
by the <strong>French</strong> revolutionary assembly in
1795, </span></span></div>
<div class="ox-6dc9300653-LGOjhe"><span
class="ox-6dc9300653-ILfuVd ox-6dc9300653-NA6bn"><span
class="ox-6dc9300653-e24Kjd">and the first metric standards
(</span></span> <span class="ox-6dc9300653-ILfuVd
ox-6dc9300653-NA6bn"><span class="ox-6dc9300653-e24Kjd">a
standard <strong>meter</strong> bar and kilogram bar) </span></span></div>
<div class="ox-6dc9300653-LGOjhe"><span
class="ox-6dc9300653-ILfuVd ox-6dc9300653-NA6bn"><span
class="ox-6dc9300653-e24Kjd"><strong>were adopted in 1799</strong>.
<strong>The length of the meter bar was only established in
late 1798</strong><br>
</span></span></div>
<div class="ox-6dc9300653-LGOjhe">
<p><span class="ox-6dc9300653-ILfuVd ox-6dc9300653-NA6bn"><span
class="ox-6dc9300653-e24Kjd">The Standards weren't made of
copper but Platinum. Copper wouldn't be stable enough</span></span></p>
<p><span class="ox-6dc9300653-ILfuVd ox-6dc9300653-NA6bn"><span
class="ox-6dc9300653-e24Kjd">temperature wise.</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="ox-6dc9300653-LGOjhe"><span
class="ox-6dc9300653-ILfuVd ox-6dc9300653-NA6bn"><span
class="ox-6dc9300653-e24Kjd">There <strong>was</strong>
considerable resistence to the system at first, and its use
</span></span><span class="ox-6dc9300653-ILfuVd
ox-6dc9300653-NA6bn"><span class="ox-6dc9300653-e24Kjd"><strong>was</strong>
not made compulsory</span></span></div>
<div class="ox-6dc9300653-LGOjhe"><span
class="ox-6dc9300653-ILfuVd ox-6dc9300653-NA6bn"><span
class="ox-6dc9300653-e24Kjd">in <strong>France</strong>
until 1837.</span></span></div>
<div class="ox-6dc9300653-LGOjhe"><span
class="ox-6dc9300653-ILfuVd ox-6dc9300653-NA6bn"><span
class="ox-6dc9300653-e24Kjd"><br>
</span></span></div>
<div class="ox-6dc9300653-LGOjhe"><span
class="ox-6dc9300653-ILfuVd ox-6dc9300653-NA6bn"><span
class="ox-6dc9300653-e24Kjd">Tom<br>
</span></span></div>
<div class="ox-6dc9300653-LGOjhe"><span
class="ox-6dc9300653-ILfuVd ox-6dc9300653-NA6bn"><span
class="ox-6dc9300653-e24Kjd"><br>
</span></span></div>
<blockquote type="cite">On 25 February 2020 at 03:08 Indiana
Robinson <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:robinson46176@gmail.com"><robinson46176@gmail.com></a> wrote: <br>
<br>
<div dir="ltr">I'm not sure how accurate this story is but it
matches what I had read for years.
<div><a
href="https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/04/12/metric-system-usa/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/04/12/metric-system-usa/</a>
<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>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.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>This site looks fairly well done and I liked the little
section on the metric size of a few common objects.</div>
<div><a
href="https://www.wikihow.com/Measure-Centimeters?fbclid=IwAR1z77b9GTGRpTD7TM1cH51LA1CKzsTyPJ-n87HsRDmbJv7b5ME7QyCVpbs"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.wikihow.com/Measure-Centimeters?fbclid=IwAR1z77b9GTGRpTD7TM1cH51LA1CKzsTyPJ-n87HsRDmbJv7b5ME7QyCVpbs</a>
<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>If you have forgotten how to use your Abacus there is a
section on that too. :-)</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>. <br clear="all">
<div><br>
</div>
-- <br>
<div dir="ltr"
class="ox-6dc9300653-ox-eba9b05331-ox-6c30596bc2-gmail_signature">
<div dir="ltr">
<div>-- <br>
<br>
Francis Robinson <br>
aka "farmer" <br>
Central Indiana USA <br>
<a href="mailto:robinson46176@gmail.com"
target="_blank" rel="noopener"
moz-do-not-send="true">robinson46176@gmail.com</a> <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
_______________________________________________ <br>
AT mailing list <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a> <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a> <br>
</blockquote>
<br>
<fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset>
<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">_______________________________________________
AT mailing list
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a>
</pre>
</blockquote>
</body>
</html>