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Considering the machine was built in the US in 1965, it's not surprising that the machine used imperial units. Based on Wikipedia's table [1], it looks like me
by venning 10y ago
Considering the machine was built in the US in 1965, it's not surprising that the machine used imperial units. Based on Wikipedia's table [1], it looks like metrication had not yet begun in a large number of countries by 1965.
Also, if your goal is to build a device that calibrates other machines, and most of the machines in your country (and, likely, most of the machines belonging to the majority of your trading partners) use one system of measurement, then that's probably the system of measurement you build the machine to calibrate against.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication#Conversion_process https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication#Conversion_process
- jrapdx3 10y agoThat's an excellent way to express the situation back then. Given the ease of converting results with modern technologies, it's hardly a handicap to use the Imperial units, besides doing so preserves the "feel" of the era it came from. I think that's not a shabby or minor aspect of the machine being brought back to useful life.