country that uses different measurements system?
england also but who cares.
why was this system "invented" and why?
I was thinking maybe cause of weaponary or to make it more difficult for other countries to do what we do ......
I dunno....what do you think?
2006-08-30 01:53:51 · 12 answers · asked by redirus91 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
America was an English colony, so it used the English system of measurement. Efforts to convert to metric have been only partially successful.
2006-08-30 01:56:43 · answer #1 · answered by Paul H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
we are not the only country to not use the metric system, there are a few others but very few. It came about by the need for measuring things, so people used common thigs to meaure. ie a foot was literally that the length of your foot. this was then standardized at some point. why don't we change? ignorant public for the most part, it works as is so not bbig deal, the engineers use either system all the time, in some fileds ie medical it is always used
2006-08-30 09:03:12 · answer #2 · answered by JoeP 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The US tried to convert to the metric system in the 70's but the change never took because people were used to the old units of measurement & America is powerful enough to get away with keeping an obsolete system. Pretty arrogant actually.
2006-08-30 09:06:39 · answer #3 · answered by birdie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which came first?
You talk like we came up with our units of measure, and I don't know how others are but I do have a good understanding of the metric system of measurement.
So maybe everyone else in the world should only speak english, why doesn't everyone do this and simplify the world?
2006-08-30 09:07:07 · answer #4 · answered by Edward F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OOOOPSIE! Wrong hypothesis.
Do a Google search for weights and measures. You will find many countries which use all sorts of different systems, most of which are beyond my skill to understand.
2006-08-30 09:02:42 · answer #5 · answered by GreenHornet 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Americans are lazy and couldn't change when we tried to institute the metric system late in the 20th century. The attempt was abandoned, even though the metric system is much simpler. I remember when a 300 million dollar satalite burned up in mars' atmosphere because someone forgot to convert miles to kilometers when doing calculations or some such thing. Oops.
2006-08-30 08:58:03 · answer #6 · answered by 006 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
It's a better system. 1 plus 1 is still two anywere you go.
2006-08-30 08:57:10 · answer #7 · answered by herbs411_42719 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"make it more difficult for other countries to do what we do"?
What...you think America is the only country in the world that can count?
How do you know America is the only country?
What system are you talking about?
For measuring what?
Speed, length, mass, weight, horsepower, torque, money, area, volume??????
What are you talking about???
2006-08-30 08:58:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
because america tries to do everything different, only to have to convert it back to it's original state for people to understand!....I'm just babbling though.
2006-08-30 08:59:11 · answer #9 · answered by Mrs. Floyd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it is because we are just different! and we like to stand out in a crowd.
2006-08-30 08:56:46 · answer #10 · answered by Rij 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋