Re: OT: Standards was Re: Does everything depend on everything?
Lee Winter writes:
> Astute observers will note that the Imperial/American system of units
> has already been converted to an ISO basis.
And that the metric system has been an official standard and legal for
trade in the USA since 1866. The USA was one of the original
signatories to the Metre Convention. International metric standards
have been the fundamental standards for length and mass in the USA since
1893.
> That is why the modern inch is DEFINED to be 2.54 cm. -- L.
As of 1959.
The difference is that US residents are still permitted the liberty of
using the units with which they are comfortable rather than those which
the all-knowing government imposes.
Of course, "units" is always there to do the conversions for you...
--
John Hasler
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