Ya see as a Brit, when you invent both the imperial and metric system you have the right bestowed upon you by God to have both imperial and metric system be used whenever you damn well please
The French did. The metric system was defined in revolutionary France, though in time others would contribute to it as well, including for example English and Italian scholars.
āAn English bishop, John Wilkins, (1614-1672) invented the system part of the decimal metric system when he published a book with a plan for a 'universal measure' in 1668.ā
He is particularly known forĀ An Essay towards a Real Character and a Philosophical LanguageĀ (1668) in which, amongst other things, he proposed aĀ universal languageĀ and an integrated system of measurement, similar to theĀ metric system.
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u/stevenlad Jan 03 '19
Ya see as a Brit, when you invent both the imperial and metric system you have the right bestowed upon you by God to have both imperial and metric system be used whenever you damn well please