Coming soon - Get a detailed view of why an account is flagged as spam!
view details

This post has been de-listed

It is no longer included in search results and normal feeds (front page, hot posts, subreddit posts, etc). It remains visible only via the author's post history.

20
A metric-standards bill introduced by Illinois Congressman Fred Albert Britten
Post Flair (click to view more posts with a particular flair)
Author Summary
klystron is in Standard, IL
Post Body

A somewhat disorganised article on Canada's introduction of the metric system included the following statement:

A metric-standards bill was introduced by Illinois Congressman Fred Albert Britten two years later. [1924] In order to keep the American standard names for units of measure, their amounts were adjusted to match their closest metric equivalents.

According to this article in Time, Congressman Britten's bill would have introduced the metric system to America as:

. . . the metre (world yard), the litre (world quart) and the one-half kilogram (world pound). The world yard and world pound are about 10% greater than our present measures, and the world quart about 5% greater than our present quart.”

Author
Account Strength
100%
Account Age
16 years
Verified Email
Yes
Verified Flair
No
Total Karma
152,997
Link Karma
38,422
Comment Karma
113,828
Profile updated: 2 days ago
Posts updated: 7 months ago

Subreddit

Post Details

Location
We try to extract some basic information from the post title. This is not always successful or accurate, please use your best judgement and compare these values to the post title and body for confirmation.
Posted
2 years ago