We drink alcohol by the ounce and soda by the litre. Why? This unholy amalgam of metric and imperial is the hard-won truce of a chaotic war between a technocracy-obsessed bureaucracy and a liberty ...

In other words, the French introduced not only national standards, but a system of standards. It survives today as the metric system.

Units from the metric system can be used to describe the ... Take a look at the line being measured by this ruler. If you wanted to measure this line, you could say it is 5\(\frac{1}{ ...

An astutely observant eye, a sensitive touch, a small flexible, metric ruler, a hand-held magnifying lens, a small flashlight and perhaps a Wood's light should be available. It is best to have the ...

Units from the metric system can be used to describe the ... Take a look at the line being measured by this ruler. If you wanted to measure this line, you could say it is 5\(\frac{1}{ ...