That's an excellent way to express the situation back then. Given the ease of converting results with modern technologies, it's hardly a handicap to use the Im

That's an excellent way to express the situation back then. Given the ease of converting results with modern technologies, it's hardly a handicap to use the Imperial units, besides doing so preserves the "feel" of the era it came from. I think that's not a shabby or minor aspect of the machine being brought back to useful life.