[PW] ?British Temperature Scales

[Bye, Dan J]

Well, although 1965 marked the adoption of a metrication intent, in fact legislation and social progress has been piecemeal and forty years later some things have still not switched.    Indeed many of us are still using Imperial or, as in my case, a confused mix of Imperial and metric.   And legislation currently allows for this.  Beer can still be sold in pints. Distances can still be measured in miles. 

Take a look at the government Dept of Trade and Industry pages on metrication. 
http://www.dti.gov.uk/consumers/buying-selling/weights-measures/Metrication/page9238.html

Dan

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> Marketing's Role in the Change to the Metric System Frank W. 
> Archer Journal of Marketing, Vol. 30, No. 4 (Oct., 1966), pp. 10-14
> 
> has this: "The British government's announcement on May 24, 
> 1965 of a decision to switch to the metric system of weights 
> and measures during the next ten years has far-reaching impact."
> 
> This would include the Celsius scale, I would presume.
> 
> At 11:20 AM 1/23/2007 -0800, you wrote:
> >When did Britain switch from the Farenheit to the 
> Centigrade/Celsius scale?
> >
> >
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