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Date:	Sat, 07 Apr 2001 18:00:22 -0400
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In <2 DOT 07b7 DOT V7YB DOT GBFYZF AT belous DOT munic DOT msk DOT su>, on 04/08/01 
   at 01:42 AM, "Arkady V.Belousov" <ark AT belous DOT munic DOT msk DOT su> said:


>     In 1975 Congress of USA decise to accept SI metric system in the
>10 years period, but up to now there used non-metric units like `inch',
>`foot', `lb', `gallon', etc. More worser, American units differes from
>English: English gallon=4.54 litre, American gallon=3.78 litre. Same
>for most other units, including inch.

Uh No!

There is a US and Imperial system of measure for volume (Ounce, gallon
etc) but the units of linear measure and all others are the same. There
is *NO* such thing as a US Inch vs an Imperial Inch. You may be thinking
of the statute mile and the nautical mile (knot) which are two different
measures.

Most Commonwealth countries have now gone to SI units but the Imperial
system is still legal and used. In Canada, lumber measurements are still
given in inches.

Cheers

Rolf Grunsky

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