----- Original Message -----
From: "Justin WASTNAGE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, 2001-04-24 06:30
Subject: [ukma] Re: [USMA:12395] Ecuador and Peru


Correct in statutue, but in practice both countries, along with Colombia use
the US Gallon (gal�n) to measure petroleum products.  Often, too,
agricultural products are measured out in libros, which can mean a
half-kilo, but for export is a standard imperial pound.  Carpenters still
use inches.

Justin


----Original Message Follows----
From: "kilopascal"
Reply-To: "kilopascal"
To: "ukma discussion list"
Subject: [ukma] Fw: [USMA:12395] Re: Fw: Ecuador and Peru
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 18:08:58 -0400
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph B. Reid"
To: "U.S. Metric Association"
Sent: Monday, 2001-04-23 10:31
Subject: [USMA:12395] Re: Fw: Ecuador and Peru
>John Kilopascal reported in USMA 12386 that Roz Denny asked if Ecuador and
>Peru are metric.
>
>
>Ecuador adopted the metric system in 1864; Peru in 1862. The figures I have
>deduced from a graph in "Le Bureau International des Poids et Mesures 1875
>- 1975", published by B.I.P.M.
>
>Joseph B. Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071
>


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