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   Where did the imperial measurement system come from?

   • Both the British imperial measurement system and United States customary systems of measurement derive from earlier English unit systems used prior to 1824 that were the result of a combination of the local Anglo-Saxon units inherited from Germanic tribes and Roman units .

   Comparison of the imperial and US customary measurement systems

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   What is the current status of Imperial and US customary units?

   • The current status of imperial and US customary units, as summarised by NIST, is that "the SI metric system is now the official system of units in the United Kingdom, while the customary units are still predominantly used in the United States". The situation is however not as clear-cut as this.

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   What is the difference between Imperial & US customary units?

   • The units of cubic length (the cubic inch, cubic foot, cubic mile, etc.) are the same in the imperial and US customary systems but differ in their specific units of volume (the bushel, gallon, fluid ounce, etc.). The US customary system has one set of units for fluids and another set for dry goods.

   Comparison of the imperial and US customary measurement systems

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   What was the difference between Imperial and US measurement systems?

   • As a non-participant in that reform, the U.S. retained the separate systems for measuring the volumes of liquids and dry material, whereas the imperial system had unified the units for both under a new imperial gallon.

   United States customary units - Wikipedia

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   The imperial and US customary measurement systems are both derived from an earlier English system of measurement which in turn can be traced back to Ancient Roman units of measurement, and Carolingian and Saxon units of measure.

   • Comparison of the imperial and US customary measurement systems

     The US customary system is based on English systems of the...

   • United States customary units - Wikipedia

     United States customary units (often incorrectly referred to...

   • System of units of measurement - Wikipedia

     Systems of measurement have historically been important,...

   • Comparison of the Imperial and US customary systems

     The imperial and U.S. customary systems are similar, but...

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   Imperial units. The former Weights and Measures office in Seven Sisters, London (590 Seven Sisters Road) The imperial system of units, imperial system or imperial units (also known as British Imperial [1] or Exchequer Standards of 1826) is the system of units first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act 1824 ( 5 Geo. 4. c.

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   The imperial and US customary measurement systems are both derived from an earlier English system of measurement which in turn can be traced back to Ancient Roman units of measurement, and Carolingian and Saxon units of measure.