If Hassler had adopted the Imperial system the USA would now be using the Imperial gallon, pint, gill; the long ton, the long hundredweight, the quarter and the British stone and other British units unfamiliar to Americans now. Hassler and Bache just streamlined and improved the old-English, colonial, pre-Imperial units brought to the USA by British settlers before 1824. As far as I known, before 1893 the US had its own yard and pound standard and never used an authentic British Imperial Standard Yard and Pound. Han ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carter, Baron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2001 July 10, 15:32 Subject: [USMA:14280] RE: Imperial Knowledge. > Bill, > "the U.S. has never used Imperial"? I thought Hassler in the 1830's adopted the Imperial system over the metric system. > > Baron > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Potts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, 09 July, 2001 17:50 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:14265] RE: Imperial Knowledge. > > > Oh, it's perfectly reliable, Steve -- just nonsensical. > > The U.S. gallon (128 U.S. fluid ounces) has always been different from the Imperial Gallon (160 Imperial fluid ounces). Not surprisingly, many Canadians were confused by U.S. gas mileage claims (thinking U.S. cars were even less economical than was actually the case). Since Canada switched to liters for gasoline, I suspect they have simply ignored the claims in U.S. car ads, as the liter is very clearly nothing like a U.S. gallon. Just a correction, though; the U.S. has never used Imperial. What it has used and persists in using is officially known as U.S. Customary. You may have seen a couple of the alternative names we often use on this list server -- WOMBAT (Way of Measuring Badly in America Today, or Waste of Money, Brains and Time) and FFU (Fred Flintstone Units). Bill Potts, CMS > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > Behalf Of Stephen Davis > > Sent: July 09, 2001 14:36 > > To: U.S. Metric Association > > Subject: [USMA:14257] Imperial Knowledge. > > > > > > America seems to be one of the last bastions of the imperial system, yet I > > would ask this. > > > > How many Americans actually know how many ounces there are in a pound, or > > how many pints there are in each gallon? > > > > The imperial system is deemed so good by it's supporters, yet I understand > > the US gallon is different to the British gallon, so it's not a very > > reliable measurement, is it? > > > > Regards, > > > > Steve. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > >
