Re: Metric Time (was Re: Why not 13 months? (Was La Systeme Metrique))

Tony Quinn (tonyquin@sixpints.demon.co.uk)
Sun, 15 Oct 1995 08:00:50 GMT

Shez (Shez@sv.span.com) wrote:
: jrhodes@pupgg.princeton.edu says...
: > >
: > >The length of a meter is known to a very high precision.

: I checked this out, and do you know, it's exactly 1 meter long!

: (In contrast to the US quart which is defined as the volume occupied
: by 1lb of strawberries.)

OK.. so how big is a standard Strawberry???

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