Subject: an epic farce for all beepers<br/>
Date: May 16, 2004 @ 23:54<br/>
Author: acroorca2002 (&quot;acroorca2002&quot; &lt;orc@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-254644846">if you liked the adventures of mason & dixon or ellicott etc<br/>
or would just like to know how the metric system & modern <br/>
science arose from a fantastic transcontinental survey of the <br/>
paris meridian <br/>
conducted by delambre & mechain during the french revolution<br/>
then run dont walk to your nearest library or bookstore <br/>
for<br/>
the measure of all things<br/>
subtitled<br/>
the 7year odyssey & hidden error that transformed the world<br/>
by ken alder <br/>
the free press 2002<br/>
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