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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 4231300, member: 33&quot;]I found mention of testimony in 1907 by Ernest B. Fry of Shipley, Yorkshire, who was also &quot; Consulting Textile Expert and Examiner in Woollen and Worsted Spinning to the City and Guilds of London&quot; -- He was testifying in the House of Commons regarding use of the metric system in the woolen industries.</p><p>&quot;Mr. Ernest B. Fry, Shipley, Yorkshire, Consulting Textile Expert and Examiner in Woollen and Worsted Spinning to the City and Guilds of London, said—&quot;Some of the opponents of the metric system instance the use of the English textile standards for counts, etc., in some of the Continental factories, and this has undoubtedly arisen because of the large proportion of English machinery in use in these factories and the very large quantity of English yarns sent out to these countries, but this is a very poor reason for perpetuating these innumerable standards; but, on the other hand, I know personally of instances here in which managers in the mills make the whole of their calculations on a metric basis because of its simplicity, and then convert their results into English standards for use in the mills. There are also many warehouses in the Bradford district where the metric system has been in regular use for several years. A great deal too much is made of the supposed difficulty which would occur in making an alteration, but I am strongly of opinion that within a few months of its compulsory adoption it would be working with the greatest smoothness in nearly every case, and with far less cost in changing than its opponents make out.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a link to the page where I found it... more than halfway down. I hope this is of some help. At least a general date range:</p><p><a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/1907-03-22/debates/6c5cf559-ebe8-4114-81ab-5734e42bcc5d/CommonsChamber" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/1907-03-22/debates/6c5cf559-ebe8-4114-81ab-5734e42bcc5d/CommonsChamber" rel="nofollow">https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/1907-03-22/debates/6c5cf559-ebe8-4114-81ab-5734e42bcc5d/CommonsChamber</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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