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Default Off - topic: Model Railway scale

A pal of mine is a keen railway modeller, and we have often wondered,
how the scale for 'O'- gauge ever came to be set at 7 mm to the
imperial foot. The track gauge is 32 mm, which is about right for 4
feet 8.5 inches. Anyone any ideas?

 
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