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(...) This surprises me. *Exactly* 25.4 mm / inch? I thought that the conversion rate was kind of one of those irrational numbers (1) that had digits trailing off into infinity or, failing that, Imelda Marcos' shoe closet. :-, (...) *This* is cool. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.faq)
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(...) 25.4 (...) Yes. Here is a table provided by Lycos: (URL) down and notice that the value for inch->millimeter is given as "25.4000" The story I heard is that, at some point around 100 years ago it was decided to redefine the English weights and (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) The inch was redefined some time ago to make it equal 2.54 centimeters exactly. It used to be slightly larger, but it was close enough that it didn't really make any difference when they changed it. (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.faq)
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(...) I *thought* I felt taller all of a sudden ... Steve (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.faq)
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