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But the calculators are in Imperial measurements - even if you try to use the French ones.
So very useful for the USA but for the modern world......??????
Unless I have missed a click somewhere.
Even where they have used metric the have Cm, I presume they mean cm. And I thought that official SI units were mm and m and cm were only used colloquially.
Doesn't stop them being a lot of fun though and a useful scientific calculator.
Robert

Expect a French reaction such as port blockades and sheep burning

I'm glad I'm not the one one who insists on correct terminology, Robert! Good man.

Or, put another way, what's the point of having Standards in place if so-called engineers can't be arsed to follow them!

In my book, "oh, but you know what I meant" doesn't cut the mustard, as they say. After all, that's how engineering snafus occur! Bah!

Officially, there's no such thing as a centimetre. After all, we don't have centivolts, do we? The CGS system is long gone. But, as I may have mentioned before, the cm continues to linger on as it is a "handy" unit in everyday (DIY etc.) work, it is of "human scale", and indeed sometimes even gets referred to as the "metric inch"! Could you Adam and Eve it!

The very first unit of measurement I learnt at primary school 30 odd years ago was the centimetre! My hand smarts at the memory of the 50cm ruler across my knuckles!

"Spare the rod and spoil the child"!*


Thank you, Wikipedia!

Meanwhile ... here's another.

* Even though such prudence is illegal in Modern Day Britain.

Geoff et al,
In the medical calculations section for Apgar scores it says

However Dr. Virginia Apgar was a paediatrician and anaesthetist who devised the scoring system.

Did she change her name or did someone squeeze the mnemonic in to her name?

Love that word "mn" at the beginning how cool.
But my aim is to bring back the diphthong it will help to remove a lot of American misspellings. But with keyboards taking over from writing I think my dream is lost.

Robert

"phth" in the middle is a lot of fun for those with a lisp but not for those standing in front of them.

British children are far more unruly and out of control than when we were young.

Discuss - making reference to Nick Griffin and Barnet Borough Council socialwork department.

Robert

One or the other, for sure (but how many people with that name have you come across)?

Perhaps I could ask the same question about Griffin (Barnet)? Or, for that matter, Shoesmith (Haringey)? Both sound like (or should that be are) like something out of Dickens!

But (and back to APGAR), surely the mnemonic was "made to fit" ... otherwise it would have been something like:-

* S: Skin color
* H: Heart rate
* I: Irritability
* T: Tone
* S: Struggling to breathe!

Lastly, can we assume that your comment about the diphthong was made tongue in cheek?

every handy thanks for pointing it out