Mass Measurements in the British Imperial and US Customary Systems
What is a System of Measurement? Systems of measurements are different types of measurements consisting of units and rules to govern them. These have been historically changed, regulated, and well defined to assist us in scientific and commercial trade purposes, especially between continents and nations. Major systems of measurements are, International System of Units (SI), also called the metric system. The British imperial system. The United States customary system. The British Imperial and US Customary Units Both the British imperial units and the US customary units derive from earlier English units used in England up to 1826, which evolved as a combination of the Anglo-Saxon and Roman systems of units. The British imperial units are still used for some applications in the United Kingdom but have been mostly replaced by the metric system. On the other hand, the United States still uses the US customary units as their main system of measurement. Though the British imperial and US cu