Iron County Record | 1976-03-04 | Page 7 | Hints for Homeowners

Hints ffl or Momeoivwts I Money Saving Tips IT'S TIME TO BE A METER GREETER That's why measuring instruments in-struments that utter inches and centimeters side by side help ease the pangs of con-A version. The people who make Lufkin measuring tools knew that when they rr 1 -j . . Say hello to ' the meter because you're going to be seeing more of it. And to save money it's smart to buy tools now that have both meter the metric sys- . tern unit of measurement and feet our English system sys-tem unit of measurement. How long is a meter? Approximately Ap-proximately 39.37 inches a little more than a yard. But when it's time to divide a meter into smaller units, it's not a matter of threes and twelves, as in the system we use,but simply division by ten. One hundred centime- fprfi rnnlfd a meter nnrl nnp designed tapes and rules with the two systems together to-gether on one side. The Lufkin Meter Stick, tomorrow's yardstick, is a useful tool in helping us to understand the metric mea-suring mea-suring system. It also has tables showing equivalents and conversions on the reverse side. . Measuring tools like this will help us get ready to be a nation of meter greeters! hundred millimeters make a centimeter (which means ' that one thousand millimeters milli-meters make a meter). Many "experts believe that we should switch over to metric measurement for the sheer logic of it all. But - on the other hand, it would require a whole change in our system of thinking.