Objects can be measured in different units, depending on their size. It is important to know the conversions between metric units. When you are converting one type of unit to another you need to ...

The ongoing use of the imperial system in the United States, despite the global adoption of the metric system, raises ...

No such simple relations existed in standard units of weight and measure among units of length (inches, feet, yards, miles) or among units of length, volume and weight. In other words, the French ...

SINCE the publication of the article on the Metric System, in NATURE, vol. viii. p. 386, my attention has been drawn to some recent information showing the important part taken by the celebrated ...

A nanometer (nm) is a unit of length in the metric system, defined as one billionth (10-9) of a meter (m). The meter is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), making the ...

Gossage died in January 2001. Jonathan Gossage said his father felt the transition to metric was important for Canada, as the Imperial system an “unnecessary bottleneck” in international trade.

And weather-watching expert David Phillips remembers well the confusion that came when Canada switched over from the imperial to the metric system. “I couldn't believe it was that long ago,” said ...

It was the first in a series of events designed to promote understanding and acceptance of the metric system. "We were the guinea pig," said David Phillips with Environment and Climate Change Canada.