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Subject:Re: The Persistence of Precisions From:"S.L. Polsky" <slpolsky -at- CYBERSURF -dot- NET> Date:Mon, 29 Sep 1997 13:35:31 -0600
This explanation reminds me of a passage in The Fountainhead in which
Howard Roark comments about "modern" architectural design. It's worth
reading (and re-reading occasionally).
Plus ca change.
My 0.02
> > Subject: How Specs Live Forever
> >
> > The US Standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet,
> > 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used?
> > Because that's the way they built them in England, and the US
railroads
>
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