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Error in §35 U.S. survey lengths #146

Closed timbrisc closed 7 years ago

timbrisc commented 7 years ago

Issue migrated from trac ticket # 198

component: unit definitions | priority: minor | resolution: fixed

2017-05-14 23:00:08: rdsteed@steeds.us created the issue

The discussion below the table in this section begins:

"After the 1959 international agreement changed the definition of the foot in the US to be 0.9144 m exactly,"

This should be:

"After the 1959 international agreement changed the definition of the foot in the US to be 0.3048 m exactly,"

timbrisc commented 7 years ago

2017-05-20 22:31:11: gschadow@pragmaticdata.com commented

Indeed. The fix is to change "foot" to "yard", because that was indeed the unit that was set.

Thus writes Barry Taylor (of NIST) in his Book "A Guide to the International System of Units" https://books.google.com.br/books?id=I3HRRrDd1n8C&lpg=PA43&pg=PA43#v=onepage&q&f=false

timbrisc commented 7 years ago

2017-05-20 22:31:31: gschadow@pragmaticdata.com changed status from new to closed

timbrisc commented 7 years ago

2017-05-20 22:31:31: gschadow@pragmaticdata.com set resolution to fixed

timbrisc commented 7 years ago

2017-05-20 22:31:31: gschadow@pragmaticdata.com commented

The fix was made and will appear in the next release.