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Gas and water pipes are often in inches too (Italy) probably because it's an old and critical infrastructure and nobody wants to risk mistakes by trying to fit
by pmontra 3y ago
Gas and water pipes are often in inches too (Italy) probably because it's an old and critical infrastructure and nobody wants to risk mistakes by trying to fit a 1 inch pipe with a 25 mm one, or 1 1/4" with a 32 mm. Close but not close enough.
However I guess that even American engines are measured in liters or cc, cubic centimeters.
- skissane 3y ago> Gas and water pipes are often in inches too (Italy) English inches (now 25.4 mm) or Italian inches? (“once”/“oncia”-varied in definition between different parts of Italy, but was always at least a fraction more or less than the English one)
- pmontra 3y agoEnglish inches. I'm not sure I ever heard the Italian word oncia as a unit of length. I thought it was a translation of the imperial unit of weight, ounce. However all is possible in the world of the old semi forgotten traditional units.
- skissane 3y agoMy Italian begins and ends with ciao. I’m just going by what Wikipedia says on the topic: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_units_of_measurement https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_units_of_measurement
- pmontra 3y agoThank you. It seems that it was a customary unit in my area of the country as well. Never heard about it.