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It's even closer if you use a 'metric foot' of exactly 30 cm. Then you're only off by 0.1%.
by contravariant 9y ago
It's even closer if you use a 'metric foot' of exactly 30 cm. Then you're only off by 0.1%.
- monochromatic 9y ago> metric foot Why is that a thing?
- sixothree 9y agoMaybe because 30cm is very close to 12 inches.
- contravariant 9y agoNot sure, but most of those 'metricised' units are leftovers from Napoleon's push to make everything metric.