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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Things that annoy me: Stupid ways to measure things

The Imperial system (also known as the English system) is the most illogical system. Why do we still use it?

The Imperial / English System

Volume

3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon

2 tablespoons = 1 fluid ounce

8 fluid ounces = 1 cup

2 cups = 1 pint

2 pints = 1 quart

4 quarts = 1 gallon

Weight

16 ounces = 1 pound

14 pounds = 1 Stone

2 Stone = 1 Quarter

4 Quarter = 1 Hundredweight

20 Hundredweight = 1 Ton

Length

12 inches = 1 foot

3 feet = 1 yard

22 yards = 1 chain

10 chains = 1 furlong

8 furlongs = 1 mile

Area

1 acre = 1 furlong x 1 chain

Now, wasn't all of that just obvious? Why would we ever want to convert to the metric system, in which everything is based on 10? Moving a decimal to the left or right would just be too complicated.

Labels: Things that Annoy Me

posted by Kristen Brooke Beck  # 5:27 PM

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