Who knew! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Pfeiffer" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 10:22 AM Subject: Re: custom versus statute > I leanred about this a few months back but have not had time to play with > it very much yet. > > Go to the GOOGLE Search page. > > In the box, type in "38 feet in meters" and see what you get. > > :-) > > > Smoke (Michael A.) Pfeiffer, RPA > Ozark-St. Francis National Forests > 605 West Main Street > Russellville, Arkansas 72801 > (479) 968-2354 Ext. 233 > e-mail: [log in to unmask] > > It is easier to get forgiveness than permission. > > > > > Michael Pfeiffer > <[log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] > d.us> cc: > Sent by: Subject: Re: custom versus statute > HISTORICAL > ARCHAEOLOGY > <[log in to unmask] > u> > > > 09/09/2003 08:46 > AM > Please respond > to HISTORICAL > ARCHAEOLOGY > > > > > > > Paul: The term "U.S. Customary" is the Term by which U.S. Weights and > Measures are refered to in our "Legalese". I have seen it both capitalized > and not in BOTH legal and regulatory documents. Take your pick. There are > two systems of measurement recognized by U.S. Law. For Example, check out: > > http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/230/235/h130-03/04_III_Weightlaw.pdf > as adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures. page 22. > > The International System of Units (SI)[ NOTE 2, see page 22] and the > system of weights and measures in customary use in the United States are > jointly recognized, and either one or both of these systems shall be used > for all commercial pur-poses in the State. The defini-tions of basic > units of weight and meas-ure, the tables of weight and measure, and weights > and measures equivalents as pub-lished by the National Institute of > Standards and Technology are recognized and shall govern weighing and > meas-uring equipment and transactions in the State. > (Amended 1993) > > NOTE 2: The "International System of Units" means the modernized metric > system as established in 1960 by the General Conference on Weights and > Measures and interpreted or modified for the United States by the Secretary > of Commerce. [See Metric Conversion Act of 1975 (Public Law 94-168, § 3(1) > and § 4(4), and NIST Special Publication 814 - Metric System of > Measurement; Interpretation of the International System of Units for the > United States, or the Federal Register of December 20, 1990, (FR > 90-21913).] (Added 1993) > > > This and other stuff is there in the Weights and Measures Division of the > National Institute of Standards and Technology. > > I have been complusive enough for this morning. TTFN > > Smoke. > > > Smoke (Michael A.) Pfeiffer, RPA > Ozark-St. Francis National Forests > 605 West Main Street > Russellville, Arkansas 72801 > (479) 968-2354 Ext. 233 > e-mail: [log in to unmask] > > It is easier to get forgiveness than permission. > > > > > paul courtney > > <paul.courtney2@NT To: [log in to unmask] > > LWORLD.COM> cc: > > Sent by: Subject: custom versus > statute > HISTORICAL > > ARCHAEOLOGY > > <[log in to unmask]> > > > > 09/08/2003 12:55 > > PM > > Please respond to > > HISTORICAL > > ARCHAEOLOGY > > > > > > > > Sorry to be a pedantic historian here I have to deal with medieval > customary mesures on a reguar basis and occasionally with areas where > measurements could be French, Flemish, Spanish or Austrian but surely US > measurements are not customary any more than Imperial but laid down in law. > The point with customary meausrements is they they were by the custom of > the town, region, manor, ethnic group etc. not by statute. > > paul courtney > UK > > > > > >