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Yes, twelve is a wonderful number. You can get a half, a third, a fourth, a sixth. Those are very useful. Ten only lets you get a half or a fifth. It's a much
by Stratoscope 6y ago
Yes, twelve is a wonderful number. You can get a half, a third, a fourth, a sixth. Those are very useful.
Ten only lets you get a half or a fifth. It's a much sparser set of subdivisions.
The same is true if you compare a yard with a meter. There's nothing wrong with either measure, but a yard gives you a lot more factors to work with.
- jabl 6y agoTrue, but nothing prevents you from using dimensions which are a multiple of 12 in the metric system. For instance, over here the standard size for a sheet of plywood is 1200 x 2400 mm.
- saalweachter 6y agoI'm pretty sure that's just a weird coincidence, with 4 feet equalling 1219 mm and rounding, like 1 rod equalling 5 meters, rather than actually aiming for 12 x 100 for divisibility.