USA and the metrification

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"Of course we are making progress with the metrification of America. But you must understand, if we give you Europeans 25,4 millimeter, you take 1,62 kilometer. But, yes we are getting there - inch by inch."

Updated 1997-06-24

USA and the metrification

American engineer to ISO standards leader: "Of course we are making progress with the metrification of America. But you must understand, if we give you Europeans 25,4 millimeter, you take 1,62 kilometer. But, yes we are getting there - inch by inch."

American engineer to ISO standards leader:
"Of course we are making progress with the metrification of America. But you must understand, if we give you Europeans 25,4 millimeter, you take 1,62 kilometer. But, yes we are getting there - inch by inch."