https://padlet.com/inewton1/hsxnsiowhjw3 Made with joy en-us 2017-08-16 20:52:47 UTC 2017-08-17 20:51:04 UTC hello@padlet.com inewton1 https://padlet.com/inewton1/hsxnsiowhjw3/wish/181335783 “Let’s join the rest of the world and go metric” (Chafee).]]> 2017-08-16 20:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/inewton1/hsxnsiowhjw3/wish/181335783 inewton1 https://padlet.com/inewton1/hsxnsiowhjw3/wish/181336171 "Think of it as a common language. If everyone in the world speaks English, it's very easy to do business, travel, and engage in trade. The same is true of a single, standardized system of weights and measures" (Mihm).]]> 2017-08-16 20:59:16 UTC https://padlet.com/inewton1/hsxnsiowhjw3/wish/181336171 inewton1 https://padlet.com/inewton1/hsxnsiowhjw3/wish/181336429 2017-08-16 21:01:38 UTC https://padlet.com/inewton1/hsxnsiowhjw3/wish/181336429 inewton1 https://padlet.com/inewton1/hsxnsiowhjw3/wish/181526617 The rest of the world does it, why shouldn't we?]]> 2017-08-17 20:32:35 UTC https://padlet.com/inewton1/hsxnsiowhjw3/wish/181526617 inewton1 https://padlet.com/inewton1/hsxnsiowhjw3/wish/181527480 2017-08-17 20:39:34 UTC https://padlet.com/inewton1/hsxnsiowhjw3/wish/181527480 inewton1 https://padlet.com/inewton1/hsxnsiowhjw3/wish/181528010
The most sophisticated and powerful opponents of the metric system were engineers who built the industrial infrastructure of the United States.

]]> 2017-08-17 20:43:35 UTC https://padlet.com/inewton1/hsxnsiowhjw3/wish/181528010 inewton1 https://padlet.com/inewton1/hsxnsiowhjw3/wish/181528161 “You will get my American system ruler when you pry it from my cold dead hand” (Geraghty).]]> 2017-08-17 20:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/inewton1/hsxnsiowhjw3/wish/181528161 inewton1 https://padlet.com/inewton1/hsxnsiowhjw3/wish/181528761 2017-08-17 20:51:04 UTC https://padlet.com/inewton1/hsxnsiowhjw3/wish/181528761