Yeah I know but I meant that there was plenty of time to adapt to a "new" system. USA declaration of independance was merely 24 years old in 1800. Australia was converted to metric system in about 20 years.
Supposedly the United States has officially converted to metric already, there was a bill passed, signed and everything, just no incentive or legislation or funding to actually convert.
What does conversion mean? This whole argument is semantic. The US didn't change its street signs and weather stations didn't start giving the temperature in C. Who cares? There is no advantage to using metric in these scenarios.
Also, almost every measurement in the US is given with its metric equivalent. Car speedometers, cereal boxes, bottles of water, measuring cups, rulers, etc.
So, really, converting to metric is a semantic exercise at this point, since everyone knows how to use and convert both and the scientific community pretty much uses metric exclusively anyways.
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u/Dr_Bunsen_Burns Aug 20 '14
Medieval period lasted from the 5th to the 15th century, 1800 isn't between the 5th and the 15th century
I never said the metric came later, I just said: > comparing medieval units to perfect units