Canadians measure their height in feet and inches but record distances in kilometers, express the air temperature in degrees ...

Primary author: The Institute of Metals and Materials, Australasia. Source: Engineering Materials Handbook, 5 th Edition. For more information on this source please visit The Institute of Metals and ...

When I asked in a tweet: “Has anyone got any genuine reasons why imperial is better than metric?” – I had over 2,000 replies in just over 24 hours. Did it help me make up my mind? One argument for ...

Blame it on timing. When James Watt gave the term horsepower an exact-ish definition in the 1780s, he actually borrowed the math behind it from one of Isaac Newton's assistants. It was John ...

Now that the United Kingdom is outside the European Union, it’s reviewing thousands of EU rules and regulations to see which it should jettison. Among them is the compulsory use of the metric system ...

Mixing metric and imperial measures can lead to serious problems. Here are a few mixups that have resulted in mishaps. Image: George Downs/The Wall Street Journal ...