05-11-2021, 10:12 PM
(05-11-2021, 09:45 PM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote:(05-11-2021, 05:46 PM)jtopiso_imp Wrote:(05-11-2021, 05:21 PM)Olof_imp Wrote: If you stretch it a bit we have five - Sweden uses the "mil" which represents ten kilometers. The Swedish "mil" started off 1699, representing 6000 fathoms or 10,7 km. The "mil" was 1/2 of the king's stipulated max distance to between inns with horses for change etc. The "mil" survived when Sweden finally went metric in 1899, but was adjusted accordingly to signify 10,0 km. To this day we tend to talk about travelling distances in "mil" rather than kilometers.
The French came up with the most logical solution: get rid off kings, and with their eccentric units based on their anatomy, their state of mind or the strength of their horses.
Then you go to the UK, and your vehicle shows your fuel economy in MPG, but you refill in liters :-?
(Although I have to say, when you work in mechanical design and you need precision, "imperial bolts" beat any metric standard.)
lol - I don't understand what that means.
lol - I don't understand what that means.
Perhaps he means that there are even finer treads available in imperial bolts than in the fine metric treads ?