Yes, but do you consider that a fixation of a standard of measurement for the United States? BTW, I thought that was in 1875, just after the US signed the Treaty Of the Metre. "Joseph B. Reid" wrote: > > Paul Trusten wrote in USMA 14548: > > The United States has no SI measurement standard, > >much less an SI measurement folklore. > > The US received a prototype meter and a prototype kilogram in 1895, if I > remember correctly. The inch/pound units are legaly defined in terms of > those prototypes. > > Joseph B. Reid > 17 Glebe Road West > Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071 -- Paul Trusten, R.Ph. 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apt. 122 Midland TX 79707-2872 USA (915)-694-6208 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
