Well, seeing as Hawaii was a territory prior to statehood since 1898 I think the answer is obvious.
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 11:39 AM, John Frewen-Lord <[email protected]>wrote: > > I have often wondered what measurement system was used in Hawaii before it > became a US State in the early 1960s. Does anyone know? > > John F-L > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nat Hager III" < > [email protected]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Nat Hager" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 3:31 PM > Subject: [USMA:45599] Hawaii metric > > > > Back in June I got stuck with the dirty job of having to attend an NSF >> grantees conference, in of all places, Honolulu. So I managed, >> particularly >> considering it was being paid for out of the grant. >> >> When the conference was over I was stuck in Honolulu on a Thursday night, >> with not much on the calendar for the following week as it was a short >> week >> due to 4th July. So I made the best of a bad situation, and spent a few >> days on the Big Island, Maui, and Kauai. <g> >> >> In the course of the week I noticed a lot of metric road signs, which I've >> attached. More general pictures are at >> >> http://www.win.net/dorsea/nehager >> >> follow the obvious links. >> >> Nat >> >> >
