On Wed, 1 May 2002 18:54:55 Joseph B. Reid wrote: ... >The British yard was measured against the metre and it was found that > 1 imperial yard = 0.914 399 metre > or 1 imperial inch = 25.399.972 mm > >The US yard was defined by the relation > 1 US yard = 3600/3925 meter >or 1 US inch = 25.400 050 8 mm ... That's the "crux of the question", Joe. I need an official reference to the above effect, i.e. a document that contains the above wording. >... >I agree that the metric prefixes are conversion factors but they have the >special names of decimal multiples and submultiples. > And I have to vehemently disagree! Prefixes are attached to *mathematical entities*, powers of 10(!), NOT units. That's how they're defined in BIPM and other official books. Therefore, how can they be even called "conversion factors"???
>It is true that each country has its own weights and measures law. I have >copies of the British and Canadian acts. They both define the imperial >units in terms of metric units. The United States has never been able to >legislate a weights and measures law, but metric units have been legal >since 1866, and the administration has defined conversion factors between >US customery measures and metric measures. >... And would you be so kind to relay to me the references, please? Much obliged. Marcus Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com
