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Definition and details for inch (survey):
U.S. survey inch was defined on April 5, 1893 by Thomas Corwin Mendenhall, as a unit of length equal to 1/39.37 meters exactly.
Definition and details for line (button makers):
U.S. button maker use the "line" unit of length to measure buttons. This unit is equal to 1/40 inch or 0.635 mm. It was probably introduced by German immigrants, who used since ninth century a different version of "ligne" equal to 1/40 inch to measure buttons.
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