Visitors to the capital may have been surprised by the use of “minutes” to measure distance on many pedestrian signs. Metric Views has now come across correspondence between Ronnie Cohen and Transport for London (TfL) that provides the explanation.
Author: Derek Pollard
Metric vs Imperial. Which?
We comment on a letter and the reply recently published in Which?, the magazine of the Consumers Association.
The Curiosity rover makes a curious discovery
We take a look at a little-reported discovery made by NASA’s rover during its 2000 days on Mars.
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A storm in a champagne glass
We look into the recent story that appeared on BBC TV about the possibility of champagne becoming available again in the UK in pint bottles.
Olympics – metric in Winter too
The Department for Transport has always maintained that the measurement system used on road traffic signs can be considered in isolation from the UK, European and global economies. The Winter Olympics in Korea, now drawing to a close, provide us with yet another reminder, should one be needed, that this might not be so.
A wrong turning that led British Leyland to a dead end
We reprint an article that was first published ten years ago and illustrates the risks of using a mix of metric and Imperial measures.
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Metric in Myanmar – an update
In this article, we put together some reports regarding measurements used in Myanmar, which is often said, misleadingly, to be one of the three “non-metric” countries in the world.
Then and now
We take a look at a film from 1973 made with the aim introducing the metric system to the general public.
Acres made easy
We look ahead to the 400th anniversary of an innovation that simplified the measurement of land area, initially in England and later in the UK, by introducing decimals.
Alpine DIY and the generation gap
Happy New Year to all our readers.
In this article, the Editor explains the reason for the absence of new posts on MV in recent weeks. This leads to a discussion of a issue that few of us, perhaps, have encountered.
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