• SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    But metric can still be applied. Hear me out.

    So a yard is roughly one meter. It means a kilo-yard is about one kilometer and a centi-yard is one centimeter. How many miles or inches that is, is a conversion problem within the imperial system.

    In the same way, a quart is about one liter. Milli-quart is about one milliliters. Easy. How many gills those are is not our problem.

    There is no immediate equivalent for weight, although a double-pound would be roughly one kilogram.

      • rockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.ee
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        9 months ago

        It’s almost like Imperial system units have all been borrowed from different measurement systems that should have nothing to do with each other. Tho I could get behind 12 inches in a foot, that seems nice to divide