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MAY I correct in NATURE an unfortunate error which occurs on p. 580 of the “Dictionary of Applied Physics”? It is there stated that the equivalent of the metre in inches is 39.37008, and the Order in Council of May 19, 1898, is referred to as giving the legalised value of this quantity. The information was taken, by permission, from the “Computer's Handbook,” issued by the Meteorological Office in 1921, and the inference is that the above figure is the legalised value.
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GLAZEBROOK, R. The Legal Equivalent of the Metre. Nature 110, 446–447 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/110446b0
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