Per Google Search Results
"The metric system was developed during the French Revolution, where scientists decided to base the system on natural units, defining the meter as one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's North Pole to the equator along the Paris meridian, essentially creating a system of measurement based on the planet itself, and making the units easily divisible by ten for decimal calculations; the kilogram was then derived from the weight of a liter of water at a specific temperature."
So I was to running some numbers. Perhaps in order to make "to" metric conversions in my head easier.
There are 5280 feet in a mile.
And there are 3280.8399 feet in a kilometer.
Kind of funny how they both end in ~280
So first I just divided 3280/5280= and you get .62121212121212121
Look at how that 21 or 12 repeats.
But then I realized that wasn't accurate so I divided 3280.84/5280= .62137121212121212
And look at how that 12 repeats again. You would think it would repeat the same way.
Why does it work that way? Because the more digits it goes out to the closer it gets to a constant?
Interesting principle, has it been articulated in math before?
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So there was something natural about our nonmetric system? Not saying it can be evidenced by both those numbers ending in 320. But perhaps I am. As if you tried to create a natural system and what it tells you is that the original system was natural?
So am inch was the width of a thumb? What is the width of a thumb in the metric system? It isn't based on people is it! It is a system disassociated from people?
A thumb can only be one centimeter wide in the metric system? But what finger in one centimeter wide? Perhaps a pinky? So the metric system is really the pinky system.
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Don't have time for this next part. So how many thumbs are there in the SAE system from the equator to the pole? That can more easily be figured out than with the metric system.
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