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Conrad Hoffsommer hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu
Sat, 14 Jun 2003 04:48:48 -0500


At 05:16 6/14/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>"....it measures 2.898 cm, and not 2.54 cm...."
>
>Hmmmmm. Care to enlighten me on this one?
>
>Terry Farrell
>


Just an historical/metrical joke, Terry.

-The inch was originally defined as the width of the king's thumb
and
-1" = 2.54cm.

Care to guess about other "precise" measurements as foot, yard, mile, etc...  ?



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