One example in Connor's book: the use of the so-called London or Butcher's stone of 8 pounds, which was abolished in 1835 in favour of the 14 pound one, but in 1934 its use had to banned again, with a last delay of 5 years to 1940, in order to replace equipment that used that stone. It was still verified in these years; this was to stop at the end of the delay, the last day of 1939. In the meantime equipment that used the old stone had to have a scale or table between both units. I wonder why there have been no London Stone Martyrs in 1940! Maybe the war drew attention away from it. It is on pp. 335-336 of that book. In conclusion Connor stated "......we have a situation fit to make the angels weep."
Han ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 2002-10-09 20:59 Subject: [USMA:22572] Re: metrication On Wed, 9 Oct 2002 13:34:09 -0400, "Joseph B. Reid" [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jim Elwell wrote in USMA 22542: If customers hate buying in pounds, if he has obsolete equipment, if he wants to still "ride a horse," why do we need to prosecute him? He will go out of business on his own. Canadian experience indicate that this won't happen. And if you read The Weights and Measures of England (R D Connor) you will find several examples of (now long obsolete) units that required the law to be further strengthened because traders continued to use them. Chris
