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"Lets Join The Rest Of The World And Go Metric"

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"Lets Join The Rest Of The World And Go Metric"

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Whatever the drawbacks of the English units, the inch was divided in ways that made sense to the mechanics and machinists of the era

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Whatever the drawbacks of the English units, the inch was divided in ways that made sense to the mechanics and machinists of the era

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People believed that the inch was a God-given unit of measurement

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People believed that the inch was a God-given unit of measurement

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“People say it’s expensive, but the economic benefits outweigh the cost"

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“People say it’s expensive, but the economic benefits outweigh the cost"

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adopting the metric system was frustrating.

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adopting the metric system was frustrating.

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"You will get my ruler of american metrics when you pry it from my cold dead hand!"

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"You will get my ruler of american metrics when you pry it from my cold dead hand!"

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 Much of the world started moving to the metric system in the late nineteenth century. 

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 Much of the world started moving to the metric system in the late nineteenth century. 

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"National pride is at stake. The adoption of another country's weights and measures—or in the case of the metric system, the rest of the world's weights and measures—seems an infringement on national sovereignty. That the system in question has a long and distinguished history as a pet project of Francophile, cosmopolitan liberals probably doesn't help make it appealing to American conservatives."

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"National pride is at stake. The adoption of another country's weights and measures—or in the case of the metric system, the rest of the world's weights and measures—seems an infringement on national sovereignty. That the system in question has a long and distinguished history as a pet project of Francophile, cosmopolitan liberals probably doesn't help make it appealing to American conservatives."

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We've arrived at a hybrid system. Most American rulers show inches along one edge, centimeters along the other

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We've arrived at a hybrid system. Most American rulers show inches along one edge, centimeters along the other