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rovexCDTi · 20th November 2011, 13:25

It WILL die eventually since its no long taught, and rightly so. Using imperial measurements in anything adds complication to formulae. Even Americans dont use imperial in scientific work and it has been officially sanctioned in the US since 1866. Use of the liter and milligram are extremely common.

Metric is standardised so that all measurements are equivalent to each other without conversion, all measurements are the same in all countries (which they aren't in imperial), and all measurements scale perfectly on a logarithmic scale.

Its not an 'EU' push since it existed before the EU, metric is simple logic. The use of imperial in Britain is pure British empire stubbornness. The notion that it is a new EU creation is totally wrong.

Imperial 'isnt true to our nation'. It was the British Association for Advancement of Science (BAAS) that proposed the standard use of metric units in 1861!

20th November 2011, 13:25	#89
rovexCDTi This is my second home MG ZT+ 135 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Exeter Posts: 3,626 Thanks: 9 Thanked 42 Times in 26 Posts	It WILL die eventually since its no long taught, and rightly so. Using imperial measurements in anything adds complication to formulae. Even Americans dont use imperial in scientific work and it has been officially sanctioned in the US since 1866. Use of the liter and milligram are extremely common. Metric is standardised so that all measurements are equivalent to each other without conversion, all measurements are the same in all countries (which they aren't in imperial), and all measurements scale perfectly on a logarithmic scale. Its not an 'EU' push since it existed before the EU, metric is simple logic. The use of imperial in Britain is pure British empire stubbornness. The notion that it is a new EU creation is totally wrong. Imperial 'isnt true to our nation'. It was the British Association for Advancement of Science (BAAS) that proposed the standard use of metric units in 1861! __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Last edited by rovexCDTi; 20th November 2011 at 13:28..