Who would have used units such as 10 to the foot?

Subject: Who would have used units such as 10 to the foot?

Date: Mon Jan 1 06:43:50 2001
Posted by MICK
Grade level: nonaligned School: self employed
City: carnarvon State/Province: west australia Country: australia
Area of science: Science History
ID: 978349430.Sh

Message:


I have a 10 ft tape measure. The tape is graduated in feet. The top scale 
is sub-divided into inches as normal, but the bottom scale is graduated 
into slightly longer units than inches, giving 10 of these units to the 
foot. These units are further sub-divided into tenths. The legend on the 
tape says, "CAN 1943, HUNDREDTHS OF A FOOT". I can only guess that it was 
produced for French Canadians building machines for the war effort. Am I 
right? If so I wonder if that method of measurement was effective?

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