Metric system is best IMO as its all based on pure water and is 10 based like the number system.
10mm = 1cm
100cm = 1m
1000m = 1 Km
10cm\3 = 1 Liter = 1Kg
1000Kg = 1 Metric Ton
1 pascal = 1 newton/m2 (i think :/)
This is so simple, more scientific and is 'originless' (as we all have water in common)
The old British "Imperial system" the americans still use probably goes back to the Romans. For size/distance how long a thumb or inch is and guessed that a "good mans foot" is 12 of these long. (or the other way round :) .
As for weight, it is more or less based around an important "somebody" in the london merchant guild's idea of what a "stone" and "pound" should weigh. Hardly a recipe for international accuracy (ok these days its a 'standard' but its hardly scientific in origin) and people cannot even agree on its origins.
@sswift, LOL! - you remind me of my grandad :P
10mm = 1cm
100cm = 1m
1000m = 1 Km
10cm\3 = 1 Liter = 1Kg
1000Kg = 1 Metric Ton
1 pascal = 1 newton/m2 (i think :/)
This is so simple, more scientific and is 'originless' (as we all have water in common)
The old British "Imperial system" the americans still use probably goes back to the Romans. For size/distance how long a thumb or inch is and guessed that a "good mans foot" is 12 of these long. (or the other way round :) .
As for weight, it is more or less based around an important "somebody" in the london merchant guild's idea of what a "stone" and "pound" should weigh. Hardly a recipe for international accuracy (ok these days its a 'standard' but its hardly scientific in origin) and people cannot even agree on its origins.
@sswift, LOL! - you remind me of my grandad :P