2001-05-07
I highly doubt it. that would make the metric system look superior if the
imperial units were defined from them. More then likely, he references some
artefact in the Tower of London, or the old stand-by of ...three barley
corns, round and dry for the inch.
Why don't you ask your contacts in the BWMA to define the imperial units for
you? It will be interesting to see what definitions they come up with.
John
Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrt�mlich glaubt
frei zu sein.
There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they
are free!
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
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Subject: [USMA:12678] Linacre's book
>
> I really wonder if Mr Linacre gives the present day definitions of the
inch,
> foot, yard, pound and Imperial gallon! Has he mentioned the Mendenhall
order
> and the agreement of 1959?
>
> If he has done so, he has shot himself in the foot!
>
> Han
>
