[USMA:36517] Re: Metric Football

[Bill Hooper]

On 2006 Apr 8 , at 6:08 PM, Martin Vlietstra wrote: However, it will be difficult to metricate the length of a cricket pitch - it has been one chain since the first time that the laws were codified (sometime in the eighteenth century).  Why is that difficult? 1 chain = 20.1168 metres So you change the rule to read "20.1168 metres" instead of "one chain". After it is done, someone may suggest rounding it off to 20.1 m or even 20 m. Regards, Bill Hooper Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA ==========================    SImplification Begins With SI. ==========================