Re: Metric Time (was Re: Why not 13 months? (Was La Systeme Metrique))
Shez (Shez@sv.span.com)
Sat, 14 Oct 95 22:11:33 GMT
jrhodes@pupgg.princeton.edu says...
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> >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.)
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