Whitworth thread

[halftimeresults]

found some data .
http://homepages.tesco.net/~A10bsa/bswgo.htm
I just dont get it

[Curly]

Aha, yes, British engineering at its best, using non standard measurements 'til the end.

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The metric system , the basis for scientific measurement , adopted in France in 1791,
using pure water as its model, 1 Litre weighs 1 Kilo, is still converted into old money here

[Keith]

The metric system , the basis for scientific measurement , adopted in France in 1791,
using pure water as its model, 1 Litre weighs 1 Kilo, is still converted into old money here

Apparently they also used it because a kilo of flour also weighs a kilo... those cunning Frenchies

[CASS]

found some data .
http://homepages.tesco.net/~A10bsa/bswgo.htm
I just dont get it

More pointless info..As a young man I Made a modest wage £2.15 (bob) working in a garage.
up untill around the late 1950s most "British made" cars and wagons where held together with
Whitworth nuts and bolts. At some point a move was made to "AF" AMERICAN FINE. Rootes group super Minx was one of the first as I remember. By 1970 most cars where held together with AF. Imports in those days where either expensive or crap (Wartborg springs to mind) and needed regular attention so many mechanics had to invest in another set of spanners "Metric".
As British car companys where taken over or cars for this country where built abroad,and so Metric became the norm. I have just parted with a collection of Whitworth spanners to a mate who has a very old Austin. Todays engine compartments look nothing like those I was brought up on and even having 2 C&G,S 1 ULCI and a National Craftsman Award in motor engineering I am as baffled as the next man when the Bonnet is up.

[Curly]

The metric system , the basis for scientific measurement , adopted in France in 1791,
using pure water as its model, 1 Litre weighs 1 Kilo, is still converted into old money here

Apparently they also used it because a kilo of flour also weighs a kilo... those cunning Frenchies

I would assume that a Kilo of something weighs a Kilo

Have you tried timing the weights, Keith?

[Keith]

Apparently they also used it because a kilo of flour also weighs a kilo... those cunning Frenchies

I would assume that a Kilo of something weighs a Kilo

Have you tried timing the weights, Keith?

Oh Curly! I fully expected a whoosh moment somewhere along the line but really didn't expect it to be you!

Having caught you though, may I offer a scientific whoosh especially for this moment?

those cunning Frenchies!

[Curly]

In fairness though Keith, it's hard to know if your joking, serious, confused.
If you cry woosh too many times, nobody will believe you when a whoosh really does come
and attack the forum in the night.

[Aspers]

In fairness though Keith, it's hard to know if your joking, serious, confused.
If you cry woosh too many times, nobody will believe you when a whoosh really does come
and attack the forum in the night.

Many a night time attack has been repelled from the colonies