20 Jan 08 23:43, Bo Simonsen wrote to Roy Witt:


 RW>> Because Farenheit has been in use for so long, just about everything
 RW>> made
 RW>> to measure temps is labeled with it. The US went on the metric
 RW>> system back in the early 70s, but many people don't use it.

 BS> Ah ok, I guess it has allways been standard here.. but I don't know
 BS> for sure.

Not always, but it has been standard there for a long while. In fact,
Farenheit originated in Germany and was used for a long time before they
switched to the metric system.

 RW> BS>> I hope for american scientists that they use Kelvin, else there
 RW>> would
 RW> BS>> properly be a misunderstanding if they use european data.
 RW>>
 RW>> I'm sure the do, as they are scientists... :o)

 BS> I remember a story about some rocket which blew into small peaces,
 BS> due to some misunderstanding between the scientists about what unit
 BS> to use.

Rockets blow into peaces, no matter what standards are used. The German
WW2 V1 and V2 rockets had a habit of doing that and they used the metric
system to build them.

                R\%/itt



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