Not quite in the same class, but still in use:
(As an aside, it's amusing how many decimal points the conversions listed at the bottom of the "Definitions" section are made to. Mind you, the best one must be 325,851 (and) 3⁄7 US gallons!!!)
US or imperial? !!
nib
To within the accuracy of drawing lines on a measuring jug, they are the same thing.
The problem comes when you get to the "1 pint" marker, which will be at
16 fl oz in America or 20 fl oz in UK.As a matter of interest, which convention did non-US English-speaking countries use: Canada, Australia, NZ etc?
I think the US one is about 4% bigger, so not far from showing on a good measuring jug?
Or to put it another way, 4 millimetres difference in the lines at the top of a 4-inch high jug.
A US pint is about sixteen-and-two-thirds imperial floz.
nib
Back in the 70's in my Haematology days, Haemoglobin was reported as Grams/dL (decilitre), now the NHS just uses Grams/Litre. Not sure when the change was made, but the Americans still seem to use g/dl.
In the 60's it was reported as a Percentage.
The semiconductor industry, having scaled down and down until it now reaches single digits in nanometres, is about to change to angstroms rather than picometres.
My thermodynamics lecturer checked if we were awake by referring to the Furlong/Firkin/Fortnight measuring system.
I only heard rumours of that one
Imperial, of course. US recipes measure volume in cups and I have a set of measuring cups for those.
Sounds a bit arbitrary/short term. Only one order difference. How often has it been assumed that we'll never have something that small - or that big?
Have something to add? Share your thoughts — no account required.
Ask the community — no account required