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Query:

Subject: Who invented the 'English system' of measurements?

Date: Sat Feb 9 05:52:43 2002
Posted by Tally
Grade level: grad (science) School: No school entered.
City: Ramat Gan State/Province: No state entered. Country: Israel
Area of science: Science History
ID: 1013251963.Sh
Message:

Who invented the "English system" of measurements, and when? Why was this 
system created on a non-decimal basis?




Re: Who invented the 'English system' of measurements?

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