I need information about the English System of measure?
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There's lots of confusion about different systems of measurement.  For example a US quart is different from an English quart which is differnt again from a litre.\n\nActually the metric system is the official system of measurement of most of the world, including the US, thoug in the US it isn't used much in a real sense.\n\nWhen you say the English system, which system do you mean?  The term can have more than one meaning.  Do you mean the metric system?
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FPS you mean!  In SI, it is a mertric system which has been standaridized- basic units are Kg for weight, Newtons for force, Metre for length, where as in FPS System of units based on the foot, pound, and second as units of length, mass, and time, respectively. It has now been replaced for scientific work by the SI system.\n\nUnited states uses FPS system and much of Europe, India use MKS (precursor to SI) system (System of units in which the base units metre, kilogram, and second replace the centimetre, gram, and second)
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The "metric" systems used long ago, or measurement systems used long ago?\n\nThe metric system was developed in France at the end of the 18th century (late 1700s).  They defined their units of measurement originally by physical objects.  Today, we are a bit more advanced with how we define the metric units, only one of them (the kg) is still defined as an actual object's.\n\nBut their were obviously lots more systems of measurement before the metric system.  I dont know too many of the more obscure systems, but their were units of distance such as the "hand" and the "cubit" (you'll see that one used the bible a few times), as well as "stones" for mass.
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It is actually a standard for paper size measurement, please check this link for more information:\n\nhttp://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html
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The offical SI base unit would be meters. \n\nProbably centimeters works best for an average plant.
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America's conversion to metric is the law:http://ts.nist.gov/WeightsAndMeasures/Metric/pub814.cfm#act\n\nIt's just voluntary.\n\nHowever, all the units you listed are metric.  The prefixes you're confused about are metric prefixes.
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Learn the common metric prefixes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_prefix . This is no longer the nonsensical Imperial system; every conversion is just some power of 10 that is directly prescribed by the base unit's prefix.
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Thy this website out: http://www.convertit.com/Go/ConvertIt/Measurement/Converter.ASP
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This question is miscategorized.\n\nSpecial Education refers to the education and parenting of children with special needs.\n\nThat being said... the metric system (e.g. kilograms, meters, etc.) was introduced by Napoleon Bonaparte in the early 1800's, because he wanted a standard set of weights and measures throughout his empire.\n\nThe English system (lbs, oz, inches, etc.) evolved during the Middle Ages based on common items used for measuring. For instance, the "inch" was originally based on the practice of using from the tip to the first joint of the thumb as a measure for small items.
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Try the bitesize website. Which is a UK school revision site. But math is the same the world over so that should not matter
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SOMEANTHA is correct\n\nbut if you want a quickie answer for bigger numbers\nhere is a website that will do it for you\n\nhttp://www.onlineconversion.com/length_common.htm
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Convert everything to inches, then multiply.  LxHxW.  They need to be the same units, though.
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I agree; c) is the right choice.  The other units are used to measure:\n\na)  power ratio\nb)  pressure\nd)  pressure (again)
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A unit of distance called a mile was first used by the Romans and originally denoted a distance of 1,000 (double) steps (mille passuum in Latin), which amounted, at approximately 29 inches (0.74 m) per (single) step, to 1,618 yards (1,480 m), or 5,000 Roman feet, per mile.\n\nA statute of the English parliament during the reign of Elizabeth I established the statute mile as eight furlongs or 1,760 yards; that is, 5,280 feet or 63,360 inches\n\nThe U.S. survey mile is based on an inch defined by 1 metre = 39.37 inches exactly. It is equal to 5,280 U.S. survey feet, 6,336/3,937 km or approximately 1,609.347 metres\n\nGood luck
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There are none.\n\nMetric units all use base ten. We have ten fingers, so the whole decimal system is based on base ten.\nThis in turn allows for easy conversions and calculations between smaller and larger scales as they are all done in multiples of 1000 when using engineering units.\n\nSome imperial units have a finer scale than the metric equivalent, which simply means that an integer in the imperial equates to a decimal place on the metric scale. But not using a decimal place does not make it any more accurate.
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http://conversiontables.waaijweb.nl/low/index.htm\n\nhttp://www.onlineconversion.com/\n\nhttp://www.math2.org/math/general/measures.htm\n\nhttp://www.techexpo.com/techdata/conversn.html
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some background:\n1866\n    The use of the metric system made legal (but not mandatory) in the United States by the (Kasson) Metric Act of 1866 (Public Law 39-183). This law also made it unlawful to refuse to trade or deal in metric quantities.\n1893\n    ..... metric prototypes were declared "fundamental standards of length and mass" in the Mendenhall Order. Since that date, the yard, pound, etc. have been officially defined in terms of the metric system.\n\nThis timeline, and more, can be found at http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/dates.htm\n\nOur common units of miles, pounds and degrees fahrenheit are defined metricly. But still it's not how we in the U.S. think.\n\nWikipedia says:\n"Only France, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan have seen significant popular opposition to metrication, the main objections being based on tradition, aesthetics, economical impact and distaste for measures viewed as foreign."\n\nIt's the imp of the perverse.