History of Measurements

The British Imperial System The Metric System

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The British Imperial System

The Imperial units or the Imperial system is a collection of units, first defined in the Weights and Measures Act of 1824, later refined (until 1959) and reduced. The units were introduced in the United Kingdom and its colonies, including Commonwealth countries (though most Commonwealth countries are officially metric), but excluding the then already independent United States. Systems of Imperial units are sometimes referred to as foot-pound-second, after the Muhammad Bin Basar IPTIJB 2 base units of length, mass and time.

The Metric System

Metrication or metrification refers to the introduction of the SI metric system as the international standard for physical measurementsa long-term series of independent and systematic conversions from the various separate local systems of weights and measures.

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The British Imperial System

Measure of Length: Thou, inch, foot, yard, furlong, mile, league Maritime units: fathom, cable,nautical mile Measures of area : rood, acre Measures of volume : fluid ounce (fl oz), gillpint (pt), quart (qt), gallon (gal) Measures of weight and mass : grain, drachm, ounce (oz), pound (lb), stone (st), quarterhundredweight (cwt), ton (t)
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The Metric System

Metrication began in France in the 1790s and spread during the following two centuries to encompass all but three countries with 95% of the world's population The desire for a single international system of measurement derives from growing international trade and the need to apply common standards to goods. For a company to buy a product produced in another country, they need to ensure that the product will arrive as described revolutionary France was to produce the Muhammad Bin Basar IPTIJB 5 definitive International System of Units

International System of Units (SI)

The first official adoption of such a system was after the French Revolution of 1789 The creators of the metric system tried to choose units that were non-arbitrary and practical The original system started with the metre as the unit of distance, the gram as the unit of mass, and the second as the unit of time Derived units are made from logical combinations of base units. For example, the speed of an object is defined by the number of metres it moves every second m/s. The current version of this system was agreed upon in 1971 and is organised and maintained by the Muhammad Bin Basar IPTIJB 6 International Bureau of Weights and Measures