Why doesn't the United States use the metric system? Why do we have standard time? Why did Henry Clay call it the American System? Why are there states in America? Why do we have leap year? Why was Daylight Savings Time initiated? Why do americans drive on the right? Why didn't ...
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We do adapt the metric system when visiting or just immigrating to other countries, just as easily as visitors or immigrants from other countries do. The metric measuring system is used in neighboring nations (Canada, Mexico, central and South America, and even the Caribbean ...
That never happened in America. Reactions: scorpio vega B bzgnyc2 macrumors 6502a Dec 8, 2023 706 660 Dec 18, 2023 #1,563 Cromulent said: I agree completely. YYYY/MM/DD is by far the best system to use and is often used by computer programmers. It would make...
America actually officially adopted the metric system in 1893 and since then all American Customary units have been defined by their relationship to metric units. They are just a bit slow on the uptake so they haven't all learned to use it yet. ...
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Why Americans Don't Use The Metric System The United States Customary System of weights and measures (or the USCS - think inches and miles) is unique in that the rest of the world uses the metric system (think meters and kilograms). If everyone else has adopted a singular measurement syste...
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Why does America use the imperial system? Why does the U.S. use the U.S. standard system instead of using the metric system like the rest of the world does? Why is the metric system of measurement convenient to use? Why is a standard system of measurement important?
I happily use both based upon the need of the moment. I prefer Fahrenheit over celsius, because the Fahrenheit system provides finer resolution. I prefer grams over ounces for the same reason. The absolute beauty of the not standardizing on the metric system is having the f...