on 2002-12-09 11.09, Joseph B. Reid at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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
Dear John, Joe, and All, And the aune (the French yard) would be half of that � or 974.545�millimetres. Cheers, Pat Naughtin CAMS Geelong, Australia
