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Familiar with imperial? Do you know that…?
Miles, yards, feet and inches, pints, pounds and stones. Yes, fifty years after the UK embarked on the metric transition, we still need to be familiar with some of those old units. In this article, Ronnie Cohen looks at some … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer affairs, Education, General, History, Law, Science
Tagged imperial measures, metric, weights and measures
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The 1895 Select Committee on weights and measures
This article looks back to the findings and recommendations of the 1895 Parliamentary Select Committee on weights and measures.
Posted in Education, General, History, Law, Transport
Tagged imperial measures, measurement units, metric, metrication, UK Parliament, UKMA, weights and measures
26 Comments
Will EU-US trade agreement bring in metric-only labelling in the US?
A key point of President Obama’s State of the Union address on 13 February was the proposed EU-US trade agreement, which has been under preliminary discussion for the past year. (See http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/13/state-of-the-union-free-trade-europe). As this agreement is supposed to remove regulatory … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer affairs, General, Law, Views from abroad
Tagged dual-unit, FPLA, measurement units, USC
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1862 report from the Select Committee on weights and measures
The question of adopting metric measures in the UK is not a new proposition; in 1862 Parliament’s Select Committee on Weights and Measures considered the matter and came down firmly in favour of metrication. A century and a half later, … Continue reading
Posted in Law, Science, Technical, Views from abroad
Tagged imperial measures, measurement units, metric, metrication, UK Parliament, weights and measures
7 Comments
A UK metric time line from 1980
In June last year, we published a time line up to 1980 showing progress towards the adoption of a single, simple, logical and coherent measurement system in the British Isles. We now bring this story up to date.
Posted in Consumer affairs, Education, General, Health, History, Law, Road signs, Science, Sport, Technical
Tagged Britain, imperial, metric, metrication, time line, UK
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The Cardinals Hat calls time
A pub in Worcester, that for ten years served draught beer by the litre, has now closed due to rising costs.
Posted in Consumer affairs, Health, Law
Tagged alcohol, beer, litre, pint, UK, weights and measures
11 Comments
The use and abuse of fluid ounces
We look at some of the consequences when there is more than one option for supplementary units on product labels.
Posted in Consumer affairs, Law, Recipes, Views from abroad
Tagged fluid ounces, metric, supplementary indications, USC
19 Comments
A metric time line for the UK
Metric Views has attempted to produce a timeline showing progress in the British Isles towards the adoption of a single, simple, rational and coherent measurement system. This article takes the story up to 1980 – the events of the past thirty … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer affairs, Education, Health, History, Law, Science, Technical
Tagged Britain, metric, metrication, time line
9 Comments
Prospects improve for food energy labelling using SI units
One of our readers wrote to Sainsbury’s to ask that guideline daily amounts (GDAs) of energy shown on packaging should be shown in kilojoules, the SI unit, as well as or instead of kilocalories. He has received a reply that … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer affairs, Health, Law, Science
Tagged calorie, energy, food-labelling, joule
7 Comments
FAQs about the transition to metric signs on UK roads
Readers have commented recently on the obstacles to the transition to metric-only signs on Britain’s roads. This has prompted Metric Views to offer answers to some Frequently Asked Questions on this subject.
Posted in History, Law, Road signs, Transport
Tagged Commonwealth countries, DfT, metric road signs, metric speed limits, metrication, Republic of Ireland, road safety, Worboys Report
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