Ending the Era of the U.S. Survey Foot

Re:Ending the Era of the U.S. Survey Foot by saghm on Friday January 31, 2020 @04:31PM (#22206002)

I notice sometimes when watching British television that stones are commonly used as a unit of weight, which is interesting because it's imperial, not metric, but I've seen never it used in American contexts.

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Re:Ending the Era of the U.S. Survey Foot by Someone on Saturday February 01, 2020 @03:38AM (#22209482)

“1 stone equals 14 pounds” is (also) British. It dates back to Edward III (1350). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_(unit)#England.

The idea to use physical stones as reference weights is way older.

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Re:Ending the Era of the U.S. Survey Foot by moron4hire on Friday January 31, 2020 @06:46PM (#22207188)

That's because we don't use the Imperial system. The system we use is called "US Customary".

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