Re: [Epic] Will it, won't it...

From: Dirk Vormann <DVormann_at_...-duisburg.de>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 09:06:46 +0200 (MESZ)

> > One fine day in the middle of the night, Elias Tiliakos wrote:
> >
> > >HAVE YOU NO CONCEPTION OF METER????????
> >
> > AFAIK, the meter is defined by the speed of light, and is approximately
> > 100 cm long. However, this may be what you meant. What did you mean? :P
> >
>
> The metre used to be defined by the length of a metal pole held at a
> particular temperature and pressure etc in an Institute in France. They
> might have changed it but no one told me.

IT used to be. Correct. The definition was changed. Trust me.


DV


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