The metric system is far superior to the bizarre system of feet, miles, pounds, and gallons used in the United States. The whole rest of the world seems to get this. So why aren’t we doing it ...

The system itself uses ten-day weeks, ten-hour days, and 100-minute hours which makes it more in line with the base-10 system common to the rest of the metric system.

Joe Scott. Why Don't We Have Metric Time? ¦ Answers With Joe. Posted: May 16, 2025 | Last updated: May 16, 2025. The metric system revolutionized the world and simplified how we measure things.

As a Canadian, I am embarrassed to admit I don't know our country's official system of weights and measures. I have always intended to teach myself the metric system, just as I have always ...

A harmonized measurement system is one of humanity’s greatest achievements and for any government to promote a return to the old ways is foolishness beyond measure. In the words of the French ...

Meet the metric system’s newest prefixes: ronna-, quetta-, ronto- and quecto-. Adopted November 18 at the 27th General Conference on Weights and Measures in Versailles, France, ronna- and quetta ...

In the 1790s, piracy of a ship carrying metric standards intended for then-U.S. Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson played a role in America's decision to not adopt the metric system.

This is the first time that new prefixes have been added to the metric system since the addition of zetta (10˄21), zepto (10˄minus21), yotta (10˄24) and yocto (10˄minus24), which were all ...