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Because at the time of the invention and adoption of this term of this term in the late 1850s, the metric system didn’t have widespread adoption at all. The tre
by compiler-guy 3y ago
Because at the time of the invention and adoption of this term of this term in the late 1850s, the metric system didn’t have widespread adoption at all. The treaty of the meter wasn’t until 1875.
So the metric system and decimalization of the inch are roughly contemporaneous and “just use this othe, also brand new system” isn’t an obvious choice at that point.
- delta_p_delta_x 3y agoFair enough. I think the real question is... Why is such a unit still being used? I was under the impression that any serious ultra-precise CAD and machining was done in milli, micro, and nanometres. I thought pretty much any serious science or engineering had been metricated... But then again I shouldn't be surprised; Americans measure the volume of lakes in 'acre-feet'...