American Jerry Cans

[Rob Beale]

grew up in the change over era from imperial to metric, and had to learn both systems. That has helped a lot in working with our vehicles which were designed and built to imperial standards.

But I have never been able to sort out pounds mass and pounds force, which are related by a factor of 32 feet per second squared, (the acceleration of gravity).
How much easier it is to have kilograms for mass and Newtons for force related by a factor of 10 m/s/s

the simplicity of the metric system belies its Gallic origins!

It intrigues me when I find metric bearings in a parts list for the LP2 carrier!

enough musings from a soon-to-retire physics teacher: 5 weeks and counting
Rob