https://padlet.com/osantellanes/4zf785sfemdz en-us 2018-08-15 15:02:52 UTC 2026-02-10 20:49:29 UTC hello@padlet.com osantellanes https://padlet.com/osantellanes/4zf785sfemdz/wish/273268957 If the Metric system ¨permits nations, individuals, or corporations who would otherwise be hampered in their efforts at communicating, trading, or sharing information, [like] a common language"[Appelbaum 2], why is the U.S. still insisting on rejecting it?]]> 2018-08-15 15:05:27 UTC https://padlet.com/osantellanes/4zf785sfemdz/wish/273268957 osantellanes https://padlet.com/osantellanes/4zf785sfemdz/wish/273269899 The answer lies in the 1870s. Machine workers had based their entire system on the inch. Retooling would be extremely costly and inconvenient. They blocked the adoption of the system multiple times in the late 19th and 20th century.]]> 2018-08-15 15:08:57 UTC https://padlet.com/osantellanes/4zf785sfemdz/wish/273269899 osantellanes https://padlet.com/osantellanes/4zf785sfemdz/wish/273271272 As mentioned before, machine workers played a large role in blocking the adoption of the Metric system. But, as stated by Mihm on page 3, there were ¨outright cranks, including people that believed the inch was a God-given unit of measurement," but, in the end, ¨the most sophisticated and powerful opponents of the metric system were anything but cranks. They were the engineers who built the industrial infrastructure of the United States.¨]]> 2018-08-15 15:14:24 UTC https://padlet.com/osantellanes/4zf785sfemdz/wish/273271272 osantellanes https://padlet.com/osantellanes/4zf785sfemdz/wish/273273007 As Mihm states on page 4, ¨National pride is at stake." He goes on to explain that, ¨The adoption of [the rest of the world´s measurements] seems an infringement on national sovereignty.¨ He suggests that, over time, the Metric will slowly replace the U.S.´s ¨imperial" system.]]> 2018-08-15 15:21:33 UTC https://padlet.com/osantellanes/4zf785sfemdz/wish/273273007