NOTWITHSTANDING the growing demand in this country for our adoption of the metric system of weights and measures and a decimal system of coinage, the Committee on Commercial and Industrial Policy ...

The metric system is comprehensive, consistent, logical and used around the world. The metric system is a decimal system, it is easier to learn than the non-decimal U.S. system.

While announcing his candidacy for the highest office in the land, newly minted Democratic presidential candidate and former Rhode Island senator and governor Lincoln Chafee made the bold case for ...

Temperatures were also divided in decimal units, with 0 as the freezing point of water and 100 as the boiling point. In 1866, the Congress and President approved legislation making the metric system ...

Here's another case in point: In a new post-Brexit Britain, the metric measurement system — in use for decades almost worldwide — could be under threat, as some Britons are pushing to ditch it ...

All countries use the metric system to varying degrees. Most of the world has adopted the metric system as their official system of measurement with one major exception: the United States.

Metric folks love the number 10. The International System of Units — that's the official name of the metric system — is a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and the ...

In the Celsius system, water freezes at zero degrees and boils at 100, which seems a bit more logical. That’s not technically metric, but it fits in with the discussion.

Such was the case with [Steven Dufresne]’s recent post about decimal time, where the comments quickly became a heated debate about the relative merits of metric and imperial units.

The metric or decimal system was first known as the 'system of the tenth' and its appeal is its simplicity - everything is easily divisible by 10.

THE METROLOGICAL SOCIETY.; DISCUSSING THE METRIC PLAN OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES A UNIFORM DECIMAL SYSTEM ADVOCATED. May 24, 1877 The New York Times Archives See the article in its original context ...