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Metric Britain: The importance of specifying units (and getting them right)
http://metricbritain.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-importance-of-specifying-units-and.html
To raise the awareness of the necessity of completing the metric changeover here in Britain. The importance of specifying units (and getting them right). I came across theet of sign, which, although completely metric, bothered me ever so slightly. Firstly, the use of 'T' rather than 't' for tonnes. Something that needs to be corrected on UK weight limit signs in general. Such signs give an impression that metric units are complicated when, in fact, they are much simpler than the alternative. Awesome Inc&...
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Metric Britain: Misuse of metric symbols: an international problem
http://metricbritain.blogspot.com/2014/10/misuse-of-metric-symbols-international.html
To raise the awareness of the necessity of completing the metric changeover here in Britain. Misuse of metric symbols: an international problem. Having spent considerable amounts of time in different countries and having visited four continents in the past few months, I've noticed that what many (including myself) consider to be a uniquely British or anglophone problem is in fact prevalent in a number of other countries - some of which have been metric for their entire existence. The second set of benefi...
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Metric Britain: Another symbolic failure
http://metricbritain.blogspot.com/2015/03/another-symbolic-failure.html
To raise the awareness of the necessity of completing the metric changeover here in Britain. Labels: kilometres per hour. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Sites/Blogs worth a visit. United Kingdom Metric Association. Metric Views UKMA blog. Awesome Inc. template. Powered by Blogger.
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Metric Britain: Just How Metric is Britain?
http://metricbritain.blogspot.com/2014/01/just-how-metric-is-britain.html
To raise the awareness of the necessity of completing the metric changeover here in Britain. Just How Metric is Britain? With the average person giving their height in feet and inches, weighing their babies in pounds and ounces, quoting distances in miles, it is very easy to forget that the metric system is the official system of measurements throughout the United Kingdom. This begs the question: Why does the imperial system still dominate our speech? So, just how metric is Britain? Metric Views UKMA blog.
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Links
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Person) able to think and express oneself in quantitive terms, familiar with the principles of mathematics and science. Used on this site. Tel: 0845 652 8801. Fax: 0845 652 8802. Web design by SVT. The following hyperlinks are to websites categories that we have found useful to our business. Information and advice sources to public bodies, organisations ;. Public bodies, commercial defence companies, defence organisations and information sources;. Web based resources. Focussing on UK based contractors.
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Metric Britain: December 2009
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To raise the awareness of the necessity of completing the metric changeover here in Britain. Why I hate multimap. They show no metric scales. They only show miles/yards and that crap. see below. The inconsistency of the BBC, but an improvement nontheless! A few months ago, the BBC would feature wind speeds in miles per hour only. recently, they have included a tap that allows you to toggle between miles per hour and km/h (as well as degrees C and degrees F [absolute rubbish in my opinion]).
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Metric Britain: March 2015
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To raise the awareness of the necessity of completing the metric changeover here in Britain. Labels: kilometres per hour. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Sites/Blogs worth a visit. United Kingdom Metric Association. Metric Views UKMA blog. Awesome Inc. template. Powered by Blogger.
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Metric Britain: Minutes and Metres
http://metricbritain.blogspot.com/2013/09/minutes-and-metres.html
To raise the awareness of the necessity of completing the metric changeover here in Britain. I find it particularly annoying when finger posts, directional signs and maps quote distances in times instead of actual measurements. Saying that Westminster Cathedral is 4 minutes away by foot is a little bit idiotic. What if I don't have a watch? What if I walk substantially slower/faster than everyone else? In Leyton, it seems like Waltham Forest council have made a feeble attempt to reduce the ambiguity of '...
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UK prominent peaks
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This website provides a novel, modern approach to classifying the UK s peaks that is the basis for a new generation of lists for hillwalkers. Included on the site are:. A new approach to classifying peaks. Based on prominence and height. Containing information on the UK s 1564 Prominent Peaks. A new hill list - Bloomer s Challenge. Which contains the UK s 158 most prominent peaks. Downloadable resources for hillwalkers. Lots of supporting material. The UK has a rich history. The Relative Hills of Britain.
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