John Nichols asked in USMA 23847:
Just out of interest how long was the french yard compared to the metre.
Fran�ois Cardarelli in "Scientific Unit Conversion", second English edition, Springer, 1999, gives toise (du Chatelet) = 1.949 090 m -- Joseph B. Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 Telephone 416-486-6071
