Re: Machinegun Weights

["Robert J. Hansen" <rjhansen@xxxxxxxx>]

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> The books (and other sources) that I'm pulling from
> used these exact figures.  Because the lb/oz system is
> very inaccurate, conversion to metrics would only be

What's so inaccurate about it?  There are exactly 28 grams per ounce; 
exactly 454 grams per pound; 2.205 pounds per kilogram.  2.54 centimeters 
per inch, 1.609344 kilometers per mile.

The English system is not in any way inaccurate.  A great many very fine 
engineering projects were undertaken using only the English system of 
measurement--the Golden Gate Bridge, for instance.

Now, admittedly, it has a great many faults, but inaccuracy isn't one of 
them. 

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