Why was the american standard of measurment created when the metric system is internationally used?

SAE is fading away in favor of Metric|||The basic units of measurement in the US came from Britain, which used the imperial, or Feet and inches system. Only France and some other European countries used metrics, mainly because Britain and the Europeans were always at war.





Most Countries are now converting to the metric system, as it is easier and quicker to use. Even Britain is going metric.


The USA is the last major country using the imperial system, and it is costing them dearly in export income.





As an extra bit of info, the Concord airliner was constructed using both the metric and imperial systems because the construction was shared between England and France. That meant that it depended on what maintenance was required decided where the repairs were done.|||The 'American' standard system was started in England several hundred years ago, by a king of england, and migrated to America. Not sure when the metric system was considered standardized over many countries, but it was way later then that.





And I remember 15 or 20 years ago everybody said the US was going to convert completely to the metric system. A lot of talk, but not a thing was changed. S.A.E. is alive, and quite well !!!|||This is one of the biggest causes of confusion in industry. Many countries have converted to the Metric system, invented in France, while most english speaking countries stuck to the English system.


The biggest cause of confusion is the fact the Americans spell all metric measurements incorrectly, so the rest of the world doesn't know what they are talking about. A Meter is a measuring instrument, not a unit of length, which is the Metre. The same is that capacity is measured in Liters, instead of the correct litres