In article <45F99417.30301@xxxxxxxxx>, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dotan Cohen wrote: > > > > All American measurements are of these unusual division. The inch > > itself is 1/12 foot, which is 1/5280 of a mile. Maybe not arbitrary, > > but not very intuitive. That would be the American units that were originally called Imperial units? I do know some American units are different to those in the UK such as the Gallon. > Not to defend the US units, but hasn't the meter been redefined at least > 3 times? Which of the choices was a unit that relates to something > intuitive to a human? BTW it's Metre.