Andy Pugh wrote:
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What's one of those Andy? ;-) - Oh, maybe you mean Metre and
not something for measuring with... time someone
standardised the 'English' language ( and yes, I did
spell 'standardised' correctly!)
I think you will find that the International Master
Kilogram IS get
> back that metric is scientific measurement because it is
a part of the
> > circumference of the world. That may matter to a map
maker but I don't
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In actual fact, the metre has no relationship to any
physical thing. It arose as a 'standard' measurement in 1791
after the French revo