While these three countries continue to use the imperial system, both Liberia and Myanmar are gradually introducing metric units, which are already widely used in some contexts. In the United ...

Most of the world uses the metric system (kilograms, litres, metres etc) whereas a few places - the US, Myanmar and Liberia - still cling onto the old imperial system (fluid ounces, gallons, feet ...

When we saw a ‘We the People’ petition to the White House to make the US move to the metric system, we listed very sensible reasons why the US should listen: The imperial system is archaic ...

Some people, often the younger generation, prefer the metric system because that’s the system that they were taught in at school. The older generation, and even many in their 50s, prefer the Imperial ...

The U.S. measurement system of choice has been the imperial system since the 1800s, and switching now would be pretty expensive.

“I use the analogy of an iceberg,” she says. On the surface are U.S. imperial units, but many industries already use metric measurements, including food labels, car speedometers, and thermometers.

I am amused—and a little baffled—by Bill Nye’s concern over the Brits considering a return to imperial measurements (Letters, July 20). America isn’t at a competitive disadvantage.

The United States's version of the Imperial system is based on an older British version. MaxPixel At press time, only three of the world's countries don't use the metric system: the United States ...

On April 19, 1973, Wilson Riles, superintendent of public instruction for California. called to announce that beginning in 1976 the metric system would be taught in California. The reaction from t… ...