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To: CodeToad

If I recall correctly, the original definition of the meter was to be the surface distance between the north pole and the equator divided by 10,000,000.


57 posted on 08/20/2009 8:00:59 PM PDT by AFPhys ((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
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To: AFPhys

Well, the European committee screwed that up and now the meter is just an arbitrary unit of measure.


59 posted on 08/21/2009 7:34:42 AM PDT by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
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