> Western Europe was more > industrialized than we were[...] One reason for this is that weights and measures in Europe were less standardized at the time.

> Western Europe was more > industrialized than we were[...] One reason for this is that weights and measures in Europe were less standardized at the time. While the US (mostly) used a consistent system, different countries, or even different cities and towns in Europe had incompatible systems when metric was introduced. > Now here we are, the last > holdout. Don't forget Liberia and Myanmar!