a defense of the imperial measurement system

it's not as bad as people say it is (but it is still pretty bad) the chart: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/English_Length_Units_Graph.svg NIST handbook appendix C: https://www.nist.gov/system/files/documents/2019/11/05/appc-20-hb44_final.pdf Revised Unit Conversion Factors: https://www.nist.gov/pml/us-surveyfoot/revised-unit-conversion-factors Weights and Measures Act 1985 Schedule 1: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/72/schedule/1 see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsolete_Russian_units_of_measurement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi_(unit%29 http://patreon.com/hbmmaster http://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com http://seximal.net http://twitter.com/hbmmaster http://janmisali.tumblr.com