Yes, Paul and others can see some of this at http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj/background.htm along with excellent information at the USMA web site http://www.metric.org/ plus the SI Navigator http://www.metric1.org/ I'm not sure that Paul actually meant to say it the way it came out on his message, though. I think he meant that to be the impression in the minds of most Americans, not as a matter of fact. Jim "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 -- Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789
