Metric controversy in Britain and the USA
The metric system for scientific purposes has now been adopted throughout the world. In Britain and North America, even today, however, certain sections of the community are loath to give up using the measuring system based on the inch, foot and pound system. Leading British newspapers such as The Times, and The Daily Telegraph are even, in 1991, printing readers' letters defending the old imperial system of weights and measures.
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