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Imperial vs. metric guide for expats in the U.S.
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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...260#post208078
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...960#post164306
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...935#post105878
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...338#post185171
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...962#post133830
Don't forget the Brits' use something called "stones" for weight...
A "stone" is 14 pounds, IIRC. Not exactly metric. ;) Last I weighed myself, I'm just shy of 18 stone. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by IntheGroove
Remember also that the British hundredweight (cwt) is 8 stone. Since the stone is 14 lbs, this means that...Quote:
Originally Posted by IntheGroove
1 HUNDREDweight = 8*14 = 112 lbs
Well, valid for large values of a hundred, I suppose.
Hi Gang:
This is the kind of English / Metric presentation that just adds to the confusion. Metric should be taught as a coherent system and not compared to the several English systems. Such as 1 cc of water weights 1 gram, 1cubic decimeter, or 1 liter weights 1 kg and 1 cubic meter weights 1 tonne. Compare that to English, 1 cubic inch weights 0.57 ounces, 1 cubic foot weights 62.43 pounds and 1 cubic yard weights 0.843 tons. Which system would you like to work in? Don't get me started about fractions of inches.
Thanks, Carl.
PS: I've started working in my wood / metal shop in metric and it is amazing how it make things easier!
"1cubic decimetre" thats a term I don't see/hear very often, even in school in the 1970's our teachers (UK) didn't use/teach the decimetre unit of measurement, working in scientific research we don't use it, µm, mm, cm and m yes, but never dm.