2001-09-01
The yard equal to the metre is not an official practice, but one commonly
used in the media. Whenever you read or hear about something in the news in
yards, especially if it involves something "foreign", it is usually a 1:1
conversion of metres. What they do is just change the name without changing
the number. So, in effect when you hear about something described in yards,
you have no idea if it is the 0.9144 m yard or the 1 m yard. Chances are,
the 1 m yard is used more often then the other. So, in effect, you have a
two definition yard. One official and one used in practice.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, 2001-09-01 11:45
Subject: [USMA:15092] De-metrication of signs (Yet Again)!!!
> Apologies to anyone who may have already seen this, but I sent it
yesterday
> and it appears to have vanished into thin air, so here it is again!!!
>
> kilopascal wrote:
>
> 1.) They converted the metres to yards as 1:1 instead of 1:0.9144. But,
> this is common practice anyway. You now have two definitions of the yard:
> One equal to the metre and one less than the metre.
>
> When did this happen, John?? It's certainly news to me!! If it is indeed
> true and the yard can now be defined as the same distance as the metre,
then
> what are the BWMA complaining about other than one is named yards and the
> other is named metres??
>
> Regards,
>
> Steve.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>
