Re: Units of Measure (was fluxgate magnetometer)

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From: Myron A. Calhoun
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1989 13:50

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In article <30329@buckaroo.mips.COM> vaso@mips.COM (Vaso Bovan) writes:

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>.... I have to deal today with gauss, tesla, and microns,....

Someone once referred to the USA's "solution" to this problem as
  "INCHING OUR WAY TO THE METRIC SYSTEM"!

--Myron
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Subject: Re: Units of Measure (was fluxgate magnetometer)
Summary: Inching our way to the metric system
Keywords: Inching our way to the metric system
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Date: 30 Oct 89 13:50:42 GMT
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