How Convenient

[tursiops]

Nah, really?

Well, that was the original definition. Not any more.

 

[Magnus Lundstedt]

Nah, really?

Yes, that was the first definition of the meter. Why use body parts when we could use the globe as reference?

The metre was originally defined in 1793 as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole.

Metre - Wikipedia

 

[Magnus Lundstedt]

Another fun fact about the imperial units vs the metric system.

A foot is defined as 0.3048 meters exactly. (since 1959)


So you cannot use the foot without the metric system.

 

[northernone]

Nah, really?

Google agrees. .. and I'm enlightened. Love SB.

 

[Magnus Lundstedt]

Another convenient unit of distance is the nautical mile.

One minute of one degree of the circumference of the earth.

so 40.000.000m / (360*60) ~1851.85 m

 

[Snoweman]

The correct term is SI units for System International. A "metric" is a measurement, so imperial units are a metric system.

 

[alvinsuper]

I've always wondered which one is more dir, if metric or imperial.

 

[tursiops]

The correct term is SI units for System International. A "metric" is a measurement, so imperial units are a metric system.

Unfortunately, not everyone agrees.
Your pedantry is overwhelmed by common usage.

 

[vovanx]

the world needs to get rid of feet, pounds, and yoke valves.

 

[Rechno]

I guess most parts of the world DID get rid of this systems….. just some stick to it ;-)