When I asked in a tweet: “Has anyone got any genuine reasons why imperial is better than metric?” – I had over 2,000 replies in just over 24 hours. Did it help me make up my mind? One argument for ...
The ongoing use of the imperial system in the United States, despite the global adoption of the metric system, raises intriguing questions about tradition, practicality, and cultural identity. This ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In the wake of the Revolution of 1789 ...
Down at the local pub, die-hard Brexiters will be raising a pint to news that the United Kingdom is eyeing the end of a European Union-inspired ban on selling products in only pounds and ounces. But ...
While these three countries continue to use the imperial system, both Liberia and Myanmar are gradually introducing metric ...
ANYTHING that educates the public in the advantages of the metric system, and exhibits the cumbrous nature of the “weights and measures,” preserved by British insularity to the detriment of British ...
A road sign shows the speed limit in kilometers per hour, in Pointe-Fortune, Quebec, Canada, on February 17, 2021. ANDREJ IVANOV/AFP Going to a hardware store in Canada is a disorienting experience ...
When former Rhode Island senator and governor Lincoln Chafee formally jumped into the presidential race on Wednesday, he made a splash. There are good reasons to take Chafee’s bid seriously, but his ...