London's five "metric martyrs".

AuthorOliver, Charles
PositionBrickbats - Pounds vs. grams - Brief Article

London's five "metric martyrs"--arrested for weighing their wares in pounds instead of kilos--are fighting in court to overturn their conviction. Not even the tyrannical Henry VIII tried to prohibit the sale...

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