The U.S. has resisted the metric system for more than 50 years
Excerpt from the April 4, 1970 issue of Science News
In 1970, Australia became the 40th country to completely adopt the metric system. Now, there are only three countries in the world that don’t use it: the United States, Myanmar and Liberia.
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Ten years to metric, Science News, April 4, 1970 –
Australia is taking its first brisk steps toward conversion to a fully metric system of weights and measures over the next 10 years….