-=> Quoting Bo Simonsen to Roy Witt <=-

 BS> Heh, I were wondering do anybody know the history of why americans
 BS> doesn't use the celcius unit?

The Fahrenheit scale and the use of British Imperial measurements
for length, weight and volume was used widely in the English
speaking world until recently. But with the extensive adoption of
the SI system, it is now only a relic except in the USA where it
remains commonly used.

In Canada older cooks still tend to use pounds, ounces, cups and
quarts but younger ones think in metric.

 BS> I hope for american scientists that they use Kelvin, else
 BS> there would properly be a misunderstanding if they use european
 BS> data.

They do. Celsius and Metric are taught in school science classes.



Cheers

YK Jim


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