🛣️ The Mile vs. The Meter: A Tale of Two Units Did you know the mile has ancient human roots, while the meter is a masterpiece of modern science? The word “mile” comes from the Latin mille passus — “a thousand paces.” Roman soldiers marched this distance (roughly 5,000 Roman feet) as a practical measure. Over centuries, the English refined it into the statute mile: exactly 5,280 feet or 1,609.344 meters. Today it’s fixed by international agreement, but its foundation is historical and practical — not fundamental physics. In contrast, the meter (SI base unit) has a pure scientific definition: 
The exact distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second. No artifacts, no body parts, no regional variations. It’s universal, reproducible anywhere in the universe, and tied directly to nature’s constants. Bottom line: •Mile = Human history & convenience (now precisely defined in terms of the meter). •Meter = Science first. Elegant. Exact. One feels like marching with legions. The other feels like measuring the cosmos. 🌌 #UnitsOfMeasurement #Science #History

This day in bad drawings, 1792: Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre calculates the accurate length of a meter #ThisDayInHistory #History #OTD #Measurement #UnitsOfMeasurement #Math #Calculations #Metric #Science #USA #UK #yards #Meters #Comic #Humor #HistoricalHumor #TDIBD

JSR 385 Units of Measurement 2.0 has posted Maintenance Release 2: jcp.org/aboutJava/communityp… #JSRUpdate #JSR385 #UnitsofMeasurement

JSR 385 Units of Measurement API 2.0 posted a second Maintenance Review: jcp.org/aboutJava/communityp… #JSRupdate #JSR385 #UnitsofMeasurement

An absolutely incredible graph, my brain is buzzing with possible classroom applications @sltrib #visualrepresentation #unitsofmeasurement #comparison #ratios #graphing #communication #reallifeapplication

ERPNext makes your business simpler for you! We are all aware of how difficult it is to keep your stocks' units of measurement up to date. With #ERPNext manage all this in few clicks! Video Link: youtu.be/B4_XQAsDhrM #erp #UoM #unitsofmeasurement #opensource @KanakInfosys

Students are exploring the concept of area and measuring the area using different units of measurement. @RevereLocal #creativity #HandsOn #UnitsofMeasurement

Hi Annie, the consultation is run by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial strategy - you can contact the team on UnitsofMeasurement@beis.gov.uk, as indicated on the online survey page (beisgovuk.citizenspace.com/o…) if you would like to provide feedback. Thanks

Have you answered the consultation on reintroducing imperial measures yet? (The questions are astonishingly biased. But it's free-form answers, so you can give them a proper piece of your mind.) Simply email your reply to: UnitsofMeasurement@beis.gov.uk gov.uk/government/consultati…

I emailed BEIS pointing out it is biased, inaccessible for many people & doesn't meet Govt consultation principles. Recommend others do similar separately as this is to do with how the consultation is being run rather than its content UnitsofMeasurement@beis.gov.uk

Completed mine using open office and emailed it to UnitsofMeasurement@beis.gov.uk Hopefully those that are tech savvy will also be able to do this - it's only 3 questions to say no to.

I wonder what would happen if people who object to this fake #metrication consultation would let @beisgovuk know😔? They helpfully provide the email address: UnitsofMeasurement@beis.gov.uk

I’ve just sent an email to the address provided. Feel free to do the same: UnitsofMeasurement@beis.gov.uk

Please send comments to the BoJo’s suggestion on using imperial units to UnitsofMeasurement@beis.gov.uk. Please don’t forget the BoJo’s aim to save his skin and non-existing reputation

Best to just email your real thoughts to: UnitsofMeasurement@beis.gov.uk

The consultation is here assets.publishing.service.go… and you can email responses to UnitsofMeasurement@beis.gov.uk by 26 August 22

Easiest way to respond to the extremely biased Tory consultation on reintroducing imperial measures? Simply email your reply to: UnitsofMeasurement@beis.gov.uk Although you could use their questions to guide your answers, you don't actually have to. Just say what you think.

You can write to directly at - UnitsofMeasurement@beis.gov.uk Seems like they have made the form difficult to make sesne of and return.

Today we got practical and explored all different units of measurement from centimetres to meters and millilitres to litres! We even measured degrees Celsius #practicalmaths #unitsofmeasurement #wgps_math

Some of the important units of measurement #unitsofmeasurement #light #power #watt #electric #infographic #testbook #GeneralKnowledge #gk #knowledge