On 4/26/2016 3:43 PM, Arthur Lewis wrote:
*We were given the same information in our Ohio schools, The American
system came from the English.*
It's proper name is Avoirdupois. It came from France to England, and
possibly from Florence to France.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avoirdupois
The French developed the metric system as part of getting rid of the
monarchy and replacing it with a rational system of government.
France at the time was the center of Science and Mathematics in the
western world, and the "lingua franca" (the language of international
trade) was French.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_system
Geoff.
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Geoffrey S. Mendelson 4X1GM/N3OWJ
Jerusalem Israel.
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