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Adrian Tuddenham
- Jan 1, 1970
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Fred Abse said:Irrelevant outside of the UK.
The original poster was ridiculing my use of the expression "official
publication" There is no higher authority in the UK than the monarch
and, in 1938, His Majesty's Stationery Office was the official organ for
publishing national and international standards. This gave the American
(Bell System) definition of the decibel the full weight of UK acceptance
- there could not be a more "official" way of endorsing it than that.
If you think that the UK standards system is irrelevant, presumably the
same applies to American standards (anywhere outside America) and we may
as well forget about international standards and all go our own way.