I guess sharp might not have been accurate , I more meant that his pillars looked cool . I just had poor word choice . <| sep |> Jokes on you . You already did . Way back in the 50 s . The international yard and pound are two units of measurement that were the subject of an agreement between six nations signed on 1 July 1959 . The six nations were the United States , the United Kingdom , Canada , Australia , New Zealand and South Africa . The agreement defined the yard as exactly 0 . 9144 metres and the pound as exactly 0 . 45359237 kilogram . Further In 1866 the United States legalized the use of the metric system , but at a time when metric units were poorly defined by antiquated physical standards . As a result , the US Congress supplied definitions of the meter and kilogram in terms of the yard and pound . By the 1890 s the situation had reversed , with the metric system having superior physical standards . As a result , the Mendenhall Order of 1893 reversed the definitions of 1866 , defining the yard and pound in terms of the meter and kilogram . Both as per backed up by source 4 aWNVRV 1 AoCpgPA 13 redirescy # vonepageqffalse