October 19, 2006

U.S. system or Imperial?

Do United States have its own measurement system (U.S. System) or is it Imperial? Imperial system was used in many countries including Great Britain before they switched to metric.

The question arise when we got a complain from Alana from Canada. She insisted the name "U.S. System" was wrong and makes of project look unprofessional. The question was not clear for me, so I went to check Wikipedia. I found the following there:

The Imperial units or the Imperial system is a collection of English 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 now fully metricated), but excluding the then already independent United States. Systems of Imperial units are sometimes referred to as foot-pound-second, after the base units of length, mass and time.
The distinction between this imperial system and the U.S. customary units (also called standard units there) or older British/English units/systems and newer additions is often not drawn precisely. Most length units are shared among the Imperial and U.S. systems, albeit partially and temporally defined slightly differently.

So in fact it looks like the U.S. System is not quite equal to Imperial. The differences though are not always visible.

We decided to change the title to "British (Imperial) And U.S. System" to show both possible names. Hope it will make it more clear.

Thank you for your feedback, Alana.

Labels:

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

i kneed to know who first introduced the imperial and metric system.
could you help me?

August 11, 2007 5:32 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

havalandırma
havalandirma
izolasyon
Sohbet
iso 9001
iso 14001
Yangın Söndürme
yangın söndürme cihazları
yangın dolapları
yangın tüpü
izalasyon
ısıtma soğutma
isitma sogutma
Aspirator
Aspiratör
Vantilatör
sohbetim
turizm işletme belgesi
turizm belgesi
turizm yatırım belgesi
Chat
sohbet odası
sohbet sitesi
türkiye sohbet
tr sohbet
tüm türkiye sohbet
arkadaş sohbet
türkiye sohpet
kızlarla sohbet
kızlarla sohpet
muhabbet
muhappet
kızlarla çet
çet
türkiye çet
çet sohpet
mırç
mirç
türkiye mirc
mirc
muhabbet
Sohbet Sitesi
Chat
Sohpet
Yangın
yangın güvenlik
yangın söndürme sistemleri
yangın tüpü dolum
yangın merdiveni
yangın çıkış kapısı 
Hava Soğutma
Hücreli Aspiratörler
Fanlar
Radyal Körükler
Toz Toplama
Soğutma Kulesi
Klima Santraller
Malzeme Nakil Vantilatörleri
iso 14001
iso 14001
iso 22000
iso 22000
haccp belgesi
haccp belgesi
ikamet tezkeresi
yabancı çalışma izni
yabancı personel çalışma izni
yabancı çalışma izni
yabancı personel çalışma izni
ohsas 18001
ohsas 18001
iso belgesi
iso 9001 belgesi
ohsas belgesi
ISO 9001
Teşvik Belgesi
Çocuk Bezi
Hasta Bezi
Makyaj Malzemeleri
Makyaj Temizleme Mendili
Kişisel Bakım
kolonyalı mendil
Islak mendil
Dudak Koruyucu
Temizlik Ürünleri
Göz Kalemi
Diyet Ürünleri
Süper Site
driver
Güvenlik Kamerası
Islak Mendil
Kolonyalı Mendil
Kolonyalı Mendil
JoyTurk
driver ara
web tasarım
Güvenlik Kamerası
paketleme
Kamera
gizli kamera
Kamera Kurulum
Tatil
Tatil Yerleri
Tatil Beldeleri
Perde
Perde Modelleri
Kamera
Epilasyon
Emlak
Yaşam
Tatil
Video
Cilt Bakımı
video
süper
perde
jaluzi perde
stor perde
dikey perde
perde modelleri
perde
jaluzi perde
stor perde
dikey perde
perde modelleri
magazin
haberler
spor haberleri
video
eğitim
Giyim

May 06, 2008 10:50 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

tibia money tibia gold tibia item runescape money runescape gold tibia money tibia gold runescape gold runescape accounts tibia gold tibia money runescape money runescape gp buy runescape gold tibia gold tibia item buy runescape money runescape gold runescape items tibia money tibia gold

July 26, 2008 6:19 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

العاب
العاب بنات

ثيمات
ماسنجر messenger توبيكات توبك

العاب البنات

August 20, 2008 7:16 AM  

Post a Comment

Links to this post:

Create a Link

<< Home