Over here in the US, we catch a lot of grief for having never switched to the metric system, but the fact of the matter is, we tried several times. So today let’s talk about the history of metric in ...

At first, measurements were based on observable ... However, they also learn key elements of the metric system. Since the United States accepts an informal joint Metric-Imperial use, it's ...

The US hasn't fully adopted the metric system but "Unstoppable" author Bill Nye says some of the measurement is "creeping in." Here is his theory on why we haven't made the switch. Produced by ...

In 1866, the Congress and President approved legislation making the metric system legal but not mandatory in the United States. New metric standards were prepared for the states. Educators developed ...

fixing the Standard of Weights and Measures throughout the United States.” Article IX ... by the House and Adams rejected adopting the metric system of France and proposed no federal enforcement ...

NARRATOR: The metric system is a way of measuring things. So with length, the metric measurements are millimetres, centimetres, metres and kilometres. A stamp, would be measured in millimetres.

The metric system was introduced to standardise weights ... Students could work in groups to measure a range of objects using these methods. Each group should measure the same objects and compare ...

The National Assembly and subsequent national governments commissioned the Paris Academy of Sciences and its successor, the Institute of France, to develop entirely new units to measure ... but a ...