Talk:Metre Convention

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Background[edit]

The first sentence currently reads "In England in 1215, clause 25 of the Magna Carta set out the standards of measure that were to be applied throughout the realm prefixed."

What is the meaning/purpose of "prefixed" at the end? I don't understand. -- SGBailey (talk) 08:37, 20 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

My guess would be that "throughout the realm prefixed" means "throughout the realm previously defined". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:F2C0:A000:A2:0:0:0:42 (talk) 20:39, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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member states[edit]

I would be interested in a list of member states that no longer exist. --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 13:06, 4 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Chinese Taipei[edit]

I added a link to show that this is in fact the name used by Taiwan/ROC as an associate member. It makes sense that the link goes to Taiwan, but to help the article, it might be better if it went to Chinese Taipei. --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 13:27, 4 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

British Parliamentary Standard of 1758?[edit]

I have tagged as dubious a statement in the Background section that sometime??? after 1730, the US Congress adopted the "British Parliamentary Standard of 1758". The article Weights and Measures Acts (UK) lists all such statute measures and there was no such Act of 1758. ~~Should it read 1706?~~

5 & 6 Anne c. 27. (1706)^[1]
An Act for continuing several Subsidies, Impositions and Duties and for making Provisions therein mentioned to raise Money by Way of Loan for the Service of the War, and other Her Majesty's necessary and important Occasions, and for ascertaining the Wine Measure.

"...any Vessel containing two hundred thirty one cubical Inches and no more shall be deemed and taken to be a lawful Wine Gallon..."

This statute is the origin of the US gallon, also known as the Queen Anne Gallon, Queen Anne Wine Gallon, or pre-1824 British gallon.

— Weights and Measures Acts (UK)#18th century

I scanned Statutes at Large, 1789-1875 from 1/1/1830 to 1/1/1834 without finding anything. Suggestions? --Red King (talk) 17:59, 18 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Red King: I think the "British Parliamentary Standard of 1758" probably refers to the physical yard primary standard of 1758, rather than to an act. A quick search around reveals that Yard#Physical standards and English units#History allude to such a thing being made then. -- DeFacto (talk). 21:36, 18 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@DeFacto:, that would make more sense. I was being too literal. (In addition, as I realised afterwards, the text refers to distance so the Queen Anne gallon would be irrelevant). The best one is Yard#Physical standards, which says In 1758 the legislature required the construction of a standard yard,^{[citation needed]} which was made from the Royal Society's standard and was deposited with the clerk of the House of Commons; it was divided into feet, one of the feet into inches, and one of the inches into tenths.~~but the citation is not contemporaneous and maybe not too sound.~~ ~~Has anyone scanned Hansard that far back?~~ --Red King (talk) 14:12, 19 March 2020 (UTC) Ref to Hansard deleted because a citation is given at the Yard article. --Red King (talk) 16:04, 19 March 2020 (UTC) Criticism of the Penny Magazine deleted as invalid (it is actually rather good). I was typecasting it as Penny dreadful, I suppose! --Red King (talk) 16:26, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Raithby (1811), p. 607.

Sudan? Cuba?[edit]

According to BIPM website BIPM-website: About Us → List of Associate States and Economies Cuba an Sudan are not or no longer associate members. — Wassermaus (talk) 18:12, 17 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Raithby (1811), p. 607.

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