On 3/26/07, Phil Endecott <spam_from_boost_dev@chezphil.org> wrote:
- Please don't call the units used in the U.S. "English" units. Here in England, we use the S.I. system for everything except pints of beer and miles on roadsigns. The units that we did use here until about 50 years ago were not the same as the ones that the Americans use.
On that note, I have an (old) pocket handbook that says the following: The _British Unit of Length_ is the Imperial Standard Yard = the length of a bronze bar, preserved in the Parliament building in London at 62 degrees F. In 1935 1 in. was determined as equaling 25.399956mm and 1 yard as 0.914398416 m. The _North American Yard_, by the Mendenhall decree in 1893 was determined as equaling (3600/3937) m = 0.9144018 m; 1 American in. = 25.400051 mm. Wikipedia suggests that there's also an _International Yard_ = 0.9144 m; making 1 International inch = 25.4 mm. Glad to be using the metric system, ~ Scott McMurray