The summer holidays are in full swing, so John Frewen-Lord provides us with some light reading for a lazy day, plus a reminder that it is back to school in a month. Now where are my sun glasses?
Continue reading “A day at the National Museum of Measurement”
We speculate on the consequences if there had been a different outcome at the Battle of Waterloo.
On Monday 15 June, the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta was celebrated in much of the English-speaking world. In this article we look at one of its less well-known clauses – that relating to weights and measures.
We review the events that followed the announcement in May 1965 of a change of Government policy on the adoption of metric weights and measures.
Readers may be interested in a recent exchange of views between Clay Rogers, a journalist with a newspaper in Iowa, and Paul Trusten, Vice President of UKMA’s sister organisation in the USA.
For over a century, the introduction of metric measures in the UK was linked to that of decimal currency. But then, while we were saying farewell to £sd, the situation changed. We follow the story and draw an unsurprising conclusion.
Continue reading “Decimal currency, metric measures and the vanished link”
We take a look at a uniquely British problem faced by our media and in particular the BBC, namely which system of measurement units to use.
Continue reading “Measurement units – a daily dilemma for the media”
Metric Views will be celebrating several anniversaries in 2015. In this, our first post of the New Year, we provide some pointers.
A Government Minister has promised to advise industry bodies that the law requires the use of metric units in all product description and advertising.
Continue reading “Government to clarify law on metric units in advertising”
A Government Minister has thwarted an attempt by Lord Taverne to bring product description and advertising into line with the rules for package labelling and sales of loose goods from bulk.
Continue reading “Government rejects bid to clarify law on product description and advertising”
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