Metric or Imperial weights
Aug 16, 2021 08:57:07 #
dancers wrote:
I grew up learning Imperial. I still have trouble with metric.......I HATE Metric.I am very OLD!
I grew up with imperial as well, but now when I see imperial I always have to compare it to metric.
Aug 16, 2021 09:04:53 #
Longshadow wrote:
I too grew up with Imperial and still mostly use it because it is embedded in my mind.
But I find 37/64ths a bit difficult to measure, metric is so much easier to use.
Calculations with metric are so much simpler.
But I find 37/64ths a bit difficult to measure, metric is so much easier to use.
Calculations with metric are so much simpler.
S0 true!
Aug 16, 2021 09:24:13 #
Remember for additional confusion US and imperial volume measurements are not the same, eg an Imperial gallon is 4.2 liters while the US one is 3.8. So before Canada went metric visitors coming north found their gas mileage improving 10% or so. Messes up recipes too..Since weights are the same, it’s just volume… metric is way easier.
Aug 16, 2021 09:38:57 #
I never really carried for Imperials. They took the fin thing a little too far.
Aug 16, 2021 09:39:34 #
DirtFarmer wrote:
I'm old, but have been using both imperial and metric for many years. I guess I'm bi-systemic.
Clever!!
Mark
Aug 16, 2021 11:05:36 #
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cdayton wrote:
Take 28 grams of bicarbonate of soda and you’ll be fine.
How much is that in tsps?
Aug 16, 2021 16:17:15 #
Longshadow wrote:
I too grew up with Imperial and still mostly use it because it is embedded in my mind.
But I find 37/64ths a bit difficult to measure, metric is so much easier to use.
Calculations with metric are so much simpler.
But I find 37/64ths a bit difficult to measure, metric is so much easier to use.
Calculations with metric are so much simpler.
Aug 16, 2021 16:21:20 #
dancers wrote:
I grew up learning Imperial. I still have trouble with metric.......I HATE Metric.I am very OLD!
Everything in the Metric system is based on 10s or parts thereof. For me, the only difficulty has been to stop trying to translate everything Metric to Imperial. Kind of like learning a new language.
Don't give up yet...
Ed
Aug 16, 2021 17:43:49 #
Our currency and money system is metric, yet people don't seem to have too much of a problem with it. Could you imagine an Imperial money system?
Aug 16, 2021 18:05:48 #
jackm1943 wrote:
Our currency and money system is metric, yet people don't seem to have too much of a problem with it. Could you imagine an Imperial money system?
When did the British monetary system go digital?
Used to be pounds, shillings, pence. IIRC it was base 12.
They went base 10 in 1971
After looking it up I see that a shilling was 12 pence but a pound was 20 shillings so it was two different multiples in the system, worse than linear measurements in feet/inches.
Aug 16, 2021 18:43:29 #
Dan' de Bourgogne wrote:
Very interesting footage! For most of us, it remains certainly "anecdotic", but for scientists who play with milligramms, nanometers and the like, this is important, even if the key is "difference" between the "master sample" and the replica. Ah...finally something astonishing (for me quite incredible!) to share with friends while having a glass in a bistrot. Thanks a lot for sharing the "NEWS of the Year!
There are no longer actual "master standards". The seven primary units are all represented by definition now.
Aug 16, 2021 18:50:36 #
DirtFarmer wrote:
When did the British monetary system go digital?
Used to be pounds, shillings, pence. IIRC it was base 12.
They went base 10 in 1971
After looking it up I see that a shilling was 12 pence but a pound was 20 shillings so it was two different multiples in the system, worse than linear measurements in feet/inches.
Used to be pounds, shillings, pence. IIRC it was base 12.
They went base 10 in 1971
After looking it up I see that a shilling was 12 pence but a pound was 20 shillings so it was two different multiples in the system, worse than linear measurements in feet/inches.
And a guinea was 21 shillings and there were halfpennies to further confuse options. It was excellent for learning mental math though!
Aug 16, 2021 19:08:23 #
Aug 16, 2021 22:38:34 #
chrissybabe wrote:
I bet you didn't know that the US weight of a lb is actually based on its percentage weight relative to the US standard of a 1kg standard weight. So the US standards (for weight anyway) are actually metric. See this for an explanation -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmSJXC6_qQ8&ab_channel=Veritasium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmSJXC6_qQ8&ab_channel=Veritasium
I think that hold true also for length. I believe that one yard is defined as a fraction of one meter.
Aug 17, 2021 11:51:13 #
I'm perfectly functional with both metric and imperial measurements as I have an engineering degree…but the fact remains that…
There are two kinds of countries in the world…those that use the metric system…and those that have been to the moon.
(and yes, I know that Libya and Liberia (I think) also use imperial but neither of them are engineering or scientific powers so I think we can safely ignore them.)
There are two kinds of countries in the world…those that use the metric system…and those that have been to the moon.
(and yes, I know that Libya and Liberia (I think) also use imperial but neither of them are engineering or scientific powers so I think we can safely ignore them.)
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