[USMA:12509] RE: Fw: [ukma] Canada Metric

[Bill Potts]

Joe Reid wrote:
> The Weights and Measures Act of 1971 recognized certain units to describe
> land in Quebec:
>         pied = 12.789 inches
>         perch = 18 pieds  or  324 square pieds
>         arpent = 180 pieds  or  32 400 square pieds

You have to really wonder what they were smoking when they came up with that
one.

Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
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