- cross-posted to:
- wikipedia
- cross-posted to:
- wikipedia
In 1793, Thomas Jefferson requested equipment from France that could be used to evaluate the metric system within the United States, Joseph Dombey returned from France with a standard kilogram. Before reaching the United States, Dombey’s ship was blown off course by a storm and captured by pirates, and he died in captivity on Montserrat.
If there was ever a switch it wouldn’t need to be switch out all at once it would just be newer equipment would slowly be rolled in. It wouldn’t be like Canada where we use mix of imperial and metic.