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there is no more to say! Hillger, Don wrote: > Laura, > > There is no single official name for the units currently used by most > Americans. Those units evolved over time and are not necessarily a > "system" that was thought out logically, but our units seem to have > become standardized thru use. Now all our units are defined in terms > of metric units, so those are the ultimate basis of all our units. > > Back to your question. It's not proper to call our units "Imperial" > units, as those were the units used by Britain. Our volume units in > particular are different, such as the pint, quart and gallon. We do > share the pound with Britain, but most of the British Commonwealth > has now adopted metric and those units are used much less than they > had been used about 30 years ago. > > Most people use "customary" units to describe our American units. I > prefer to call them "inch-pound" units, as the inch and pound are > common American units. The term "non-SI" units can also be used, as > that covers all things non SI (International System of Units). > > If you have further questions, please contact us. > > Don > USMA Webmaster > > -----Original Message----- > From: Laura [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, 2003 August 31 18:42 > To: Hillger, Don > Subject: > > > Hello, > > I had a quick question about the measuring systems used in the world. > Most of the world uses the Metric system but the United States does > not. What is the official name of the system used in the United > States? > > Thank you for your time, > Laura Lavenberg, PA > > > > _____ > > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=10469/*http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com> > SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software
