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With the advent of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, the increased demand to transport goods from place to place led to advanced modes of transportation. The invention of the Railroad was a fast, economical and effective means of sending products cross-country. This feat was made possible by the standardization of the railroad gauge......
It so happens that 40 metres or 4,000 centimetres are equal to one sen, which is the Siamese unit of linear measurement.
...but today the British remain unique in Europe by holding onto imperial weights and measures. ...the persistent British preference for imperial over metric is particularly noteworthy...
商鞅方升是秦孝公十八年(前 344)颁发的标准量器,秦统一后,在商鞅方升底部加刻了秦始皇二十六年诏书,继续做标准器使用。商鞅方升的边上有一段铭文“爰积十六尊(寸)五分尊(寸)壹为升”,即以 161/5立方寸的容积为一升,近年来经反复实测,得出此升容积为 202.15 立方厘米,将 161/5立方寸和 202.15 立方厘米进行换算,得出 1 立方寸=12.478 立方厘米,进而算出 1 尺=23.2 厘米,这个数值,既是商鞅时的度值,也是秦统一后的度值。由于度量衡在使用中受到磨损,产生偏差,为此秦明令规定,每年都要对度量衡进行检验,校正。
It so happens that 40 metres or 4,000 centimetres are equal to one sen, which is the Siamese unit of linear measurement.
By September 1801, the new units had to be used for all transactions in land. Many people, however, resisted such change and continued to measure with the help of the old units, only later converting their findings into the new system.
..."Weights and Measures Act, B.E. 2466" [1923 A.D.] .... [superseded by ] "Weights and Measures Act, B.E. 2542" ... Government Gazette, Royal Decree Version, Volume 116, Part 29 a, dated 21 April 1999 ... effective since 18 October 1999
Indeed, it was broad standardization that paved the way for the Industrial Revolution. Interchangeable parts dramatically reduced costs, allowing for easy assembly of new goods, cheap repairs, and most of all, they reduced the time and skill required for workers.
The change went rather smoothly at the beginning, but as the second decade approached opposition became furious beyond all reason. The opponents of the metric system believed that the adoption of a foreign measuring system would have a bad influence on national sentiment, cause dislocations in public life, needless expense to the nation, prove disadvantageous to foreign trade, and hurt the national language and culture. In 1933 the government postponed the date of conversion of the first stage by five years, and the date of the second stage by ten years. After this postponement opposition to the metric system became stronger, and a second postponement was announced. An Imperial Ordinance in 1939 allowed shaku-kan to be used indefinitely in special cases.
By September 1801, the new units had to be used for all transactions in land. Many people, however, resisted such change and continued to measure with the help of the old units, only later converting their findings into the new system.
The change went rather smoothly at the beginning, but as the second decade approached opposition became furious beyond all reason. The opponents of the metric system believed that the adoption of a foreign measuring system would have a bad influence on national sentiment, cause dislocations in public life, needless expense to the nation, prove disadvantageous to foreign trade, and hurt the national language and culture. In 1933 the government postponed the date of conversion of the first stage by five years, and the date of the second stage by ten years. After this postponement opposition to the metric system became stronger, and a second postponement was announced. An Imperial Ordinance in 1939 allowed shaku-kan to be used indefinitely in special cases.
商鞅方升是秦孝公十八年(前 344)颁发的标准量器,秦统一后,在商鞅方升底部加刻了秦始皇二十六年诏书,继续做标准器使用。商鞅方升的边上有一段铭文“爰积十六尊(寸)五分尊(寸)壹为升”,即以 161/5立方寸的容积为一升,近年来经反复实测,得出此升容积为 202.15 立方厘米,将 161/5立方寸和 202.15 立方厘米进行换算,得出 1 立方寸=12.478 立方厘米,进而算出 1 尺=23.2 厘米,这个数值,既是商鞅时的度值,也是秦统一后的度值。由于度量衡在使用中受到磨损,产生偏差,为此秦明令规定,每年都要对度量衡进行检验,校正。
The British pound has its origins in continental Europe under the Roman era. Its name derives from the Latin word "poundus" meaning "weight". The £ symbol comes from an ornate L in Libra.
With the advent of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, the increased demand to transport goods from place to place led to advanced modes of transportation. The invention of the Railroad was a fast, economical and effective means of sending products cross-country. This feat was made possible by the standardization of the railroad gauge......
Indeed, it was broad standardization that paved the way for the Industrial Revolution. Interchangeable parts dramatically reduced costs, allowing for easy assembly of new goods, cheap repairs, and most of all, they reduced the time and skill required for workers.
..."Weights and Measures Act, B.E. 2466" [1923 A.D.] .... [superseded by ] "Weights and Measures Act, B.E. 2542" ... Government Gazette, Royal Decree Version, Volume 116, Part 29 a, dated 21 April 1999 ... effective since 18 October 1999
...but today the British remain unique in Europe by holding onto imperial weights and measures. ...the persistent British preference for imperial over metric is particularly noteworthy...
The British pound has its origins in continental Europe under the Roman era. Its name derives from the Latin word "poundus" meaning "weight". The £ symbol comes from an ornate L in Libra.
The change went rather smoothly at the beginning, but as the second decade approached opposition became furious beyond all reason. The opponents of the metric system believed that the adoption of a foreign measuring system would have a bad influence on national sentiment, cause dislocations in public life, needless expense to the nation, prove disadvantageous to foreign trade, and hurt the national language and culture. In 1933 the government postponed the date of conversion of the first stage by five years, and the date of the second stage by ten years. After this postponement opposition to the metric system became stronger, and a second postponement was announced. An Imperial Ordinance in 1939 allowed shaku-kan to be used indefinitely in special cases.
It so happens that 40 metres or 4,000 centimetres are equal to one sen, which is the Siamese unit of linear measurement.