Posted 7/22/2014 14:30 (#3980556 - in reply to #3980336) Subject: RE: Reasons to use metric
Wyoming
That would not have been possible. The metric system, such as we know it today, didn't arise until the mid-19th century. Only the very earliest sketches of the systems of measurement were available at the founding of the US, and much of our industry used machines, tooling and techniques brought over from the UK.