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The Real US Metric History

 
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:54 pm    Post subject: The Real US Metric History Reply with quote
Get the real information here.

http://ts.nist.gov/WeightsAndMeasures/Metric/upload/1136a.pdf

As explained to me by a historian at the US Metric Board:

"The US has technically been metric since 1992, because the US Govt (the largest purchaser in the world) went metric in 1992. But after that earlier fiasco - we just chose not to advertise it."

[url=http://ts.nist.gov/WeightsAndMeasures/Metric/upload/1136a.pdf][/url] 








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