HackerTube
HomeLongsLikedHistoryWatch laterCategoriesPlaylistsSettings

Is America Actually Metric?

VeritasiumCited 5× on HN, 2017-2022
YouTube
3.4M views · 9 years ago · explainer · evergreen

Veritasium explains that the US signed the Metre Convention in 1875 and that all US customary units are officially defined in terms of metric standards. It also touches on the standard kilogram.

HN commenters link it to show that the US is effectively metric because its customary units are defined from SI.

Physics & space (other)World history#metricsystem#units#metreconvention#kilogram#measurement

5 comments from Hacker News

@PointyFluff2022 · in “NASA’s Orion spacecraft reaches the moon, flying 81 miles above the surface”

We use metric in the "American Space Program". I cannot think of an engineering or scientific endeavor in the US that DOESN'T use the metric system. The US is officially, metric; ansi converts back for the uneducated. Here's a colorful video: ▶ this video Here's boring government text: link

CitesView on HN
@freeflight2019 · in “Every American Car Brand Is on the Bottom Half of CR's Reliability Rankings”

Funny story about that, the US is actually metric [0] Still doesn't stop the nutters from opposing it because it's supposedly a tool by the NWO to take over the world, with the US remaining as sole resistance [1] [0] ▶ this video [1] link

CitesView on HN
@hiccuphippo2019 · in “An old artifact kept in a vault outside Paris is no longer the standard kilogram”

I think they needed to take the replicas from other countries like the US to the master one in Paris for comparison every year. Edit: see this Veritasium episode ▶ this video

CitesView on HN
@chiph2017 · in “Before 1948, LA's Power Grid Ran at 50hz”

The US is one of the original signers of the Metric Treaty, so technically we are metric. And it turns out that our common units are defined in terms of the metric system. ▶ this video

CitesView on HN
@ravinizme2017 · in “It's time for the US to use the metric system”

As you can see here. In Veritasium American kilogram.The US system (pounds) are defined by a conversion from the metric system. ▶ this video

CitesView on HN
World's Roundest Object!11:44

World's Roundest Object!

Veritasium
38.5M views • 13 years ago
How We're Redefining the kg9:49

How We're Redefining the kg

Veritasium
2.8M views • 9 years ago
Why Machines That Bend Are Better12:52

Why Machines That Bend Are Better

Veritasium
13.3M views • 7 years ago
Adam Savage's Epiphany on the Science of Measurement!45:08

Adam Savage's Epiphany on the Science of Measurement!

Adam Savage’s Tested
1.1M views • 4 years ago
Origins of Precision30:33

Origins of Precision

Machine Thinking
3M views • 8 years ago
The world depends on a collection of strange items. They're not cheap18:32

The world depends on a collection of strange items. They're not cheap

Veritasium
12.6M views • 3 years ago
Carl Sagan - Cosmos - Eratosthenes6:42

Carl Sagan - Cosmos - Eratosthenes

carlsagandotcom
3M views • 17 years ago
What Everyone Gets Wrong About Gravity17:34

What Everyone Gets Wrong About Gravity

Veritasium
15.6M views • 6 years ago
Power is not energy: why the difference matters52:22

Power is not energy: why the difference matters

Technology Connections
2.3M views • 1 year ago
Your Mass is NOT From the Higgs Boson6:51

Your Mass is NOT From the Higgs Boson

Veritasium
3.4M views • 13 years ago
The real meaning of MPH- The Original- TCHappenings4:35

The real meaning of MPH- The Original- TCHappenings

Travis Chambers
13.1M views • 14 years ago
The Maths of General Relativity (1/8) - Spacetime and Worldlines6:35

The Maths of General Relativity (1/8) - Spacetime and Worldlines

ScienceClic English
421K views • 5 years ago
Why No One Has Measured The Speed Of Light19:05

Why No One Has Measured The Speed Of Light

Veritasium
24.3M views • 6 years ago
The True Nature of Matter and Mass | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios10:48

The True Nature of Matter and Mass | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios

PBS Space Time
1.8M views • 10 years ago
How Imaginary Numbers Were Invented23:29

How Imaginary Numbers Were Invented

Veritasium
22.7M views • 5 years ago
Why do people keep getting this wrong‽12:49

Why do people keep getting this wrong‽

Stand-up Maths
2M views • 6 years ago
The Most Misunderstood Concept in Physics27:15

The Most Misunderstood Concept in Physics

Veritasium
31.5M views • 3 years ago
A Million Dollars vs A Billion Dollars, Visualized: A Road Trip1:19:08

A Million Dollars vs A Billion Dollars, Visualized: A Road Trip

Tom Scott
8.3M views • 6 years ago
The Biggest Misconception About Electricity14:48

The Biggest Misconception About Electricity

Veritasium
28.2M views • 4 years ago
Making an international standard cup of tea3:34

Making an international standard cup of tea

Tom Scott
2.7M views • 8 years ago