My point is, without a federal government you wouldn't even have an agreement within the US. Progressive states like Hawaii and the west coast states would adopt the metric system and Alabama would probably revert to a Robert E. Lee-inch or whatever.
[–] 7076415? 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
We use "customary" weights and measures, as there is no one source from which they all derive prior to being formalized.
[–] ShinyVoater ago
I think I've heard it called SAE as well, but the key point is that they're different.