Steve, as I recall (purely from memory here) from the French web pages during their "long line" picnic, the survey from Barcelona to Dunkirk was off by about 13 cm or so. I wish the guy who built my house had met that spec.
Jim Stephen Davis wrote: > > I'm sure this topic has been discussed before but I have heard it said a few times >that due to certain conditions, the original equation of the measurement from France >to the North pole (or was it the South pole) for the metre was inaccurate!! > > I would be interested to know just how inaccurate!! > > Regards, > > Steve. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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
