Kilopascal wrote in USMA 18367:

>I understand that since 1959 all inches are equal to 25.4 mm.  My point is,
>if the BWMA does not recognise referencing FFU to SI, then they have to
>accept the situation before the FFU was defined according to SI.  And that
>being the case, my rhetorical question would be, is how do they name these
>variations to keep them from being confused?
>
>The BWMA wants to claim, according to what Han posted, that inches have
>never been redefined.  If so, then how do they account for the national
>variations and also the change from the national variations to the
>definition of 1959?  To me, that counts as a redefinition.  A redefinition
>that resulted in a physical change to the inches, creating enough of a
>difference to allow for the continuos use of the US survey foot in surveying
>even up to today
>
>I hope Han is able to draw an explanation out of them.  I for sure want to
>know.
>
>John



Thanks for the explanation.  I should have known that you knew the history.

Joe

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