Why is the metric measurement system better than other measurement systems?
the metric system is ill conceived, it was supposedly formulated using part of the circumference of the earth divided into a number of smaller pieces, apparently this was miss calculated, it is ideal for scientific work, but has the disadvantage of becoming to fine to quickly for engineering. the yard is a mans pace, the foot is as stated, the inch is the length of the index finger to the first joint, after fractional values, the fine scale is in thousandths of an inch, for comparison 0.004″ is about the thickness of a male human hair, this is (0.1mm) half a thou is 0.0005″ the whole system relates to reality, and is still in use today, the US for example does not subscribe to the metric system. metric sizing in the UK is presented in it’s nearest imperial equivalent 8mm 5/16″ 12.
