On Wed, 22 Nov 2000 12:09:51 -0500, "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >2000-11-22 > >Yesterday, I was in a local Wal-mart store and in their book section they >were offering a large sized Guinness World Records 2001 book for 12.99 $. >When I opened it and leafed through it, I noticed every measurement >statistic was only in FFU. I went to the website the book mentioned >(http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/) and saw that the records listed here >are usually SI(FFU). I was wondering if Guinness official records are SI >based or FFU based, or varying, depending on where and when the measurement >was taken. > >Also, are Guinness books printed outside the USA SI only, or dual, or what? >Is it possible to get a Guinness book of world records in English in SI >only? The UK version has always (the last 30 years, to my knowledge) used SI. When I checked a few months ago, it included fps (I think it was secondary), but I'm not sure if it was previously SI-only. I've little time for it now, since discovering that the main compiler holds far-right views, and is one of the BWMA members. There used to be a TV programme based on the book; it must have been galling for him to hear all that SI used! -- Chris KEENAN UK Metrication: http://www.metric.org.uk/ UK Correspondent, US Metric Association
