minute chan change chane e Is made alade in our aur inch now mm the american inch unit of mens use ments tins has lost two of if its former length in order that precise measuring in the united states and england may be done on the same basis the new definition of the inch is now millimeters a difference of about one eight inch in a rall melr as compared with the former american standard this minute alteration was made necessary by modern precision manufacturing fac turing and the confusion arising from maryin standards in the two countries 1 montreal herald