{"id":13813,"date":"2017-09-22T08:22:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T15:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=13813"},"modified":"2020-02-25T10:42:08","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T17:42:08","slug":"arrrrr-pirates-may-be-responsible-for-u-s-rejection-of-the-metric-system-from-the-new-york-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/09\/22\/arrrrr-pirates-may-be-responsible-for-u-s-rejection-of-the-metric-system-from-the-new-york-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrrrr &#8211; Pirates may be responsible for U.S. rejection of the metric system &#8211; from the New York Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sparrow.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13814\" src=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sparrow-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow\" width=\"369\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sparrow-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sparrow.jpg 664w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Lauren Tousignant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The United States could be using the metric system \u2014 the universal system of measurement that every industrialized nation uses except the U.S. \u2014 if it wasn\u2019t for a bunch of pirates 224 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>French philosophers developed the metric system in Paris in the late 18th century to make trade easier and calculations simpler. They sent an aristocrat and fellow academic, Joseph Dombey, to the U.S. in 1793 to meet with then Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/speaking-of-science\/wp\/2017\/09\/19\/pirates-yes-pirates-may-be-why-the-u-s-doesnt-use-the-metric-system\/?utm_term=.2ea3fd0c87c3\">according to the Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, the U.S. was desperate for some semblance of a measurement system. In his first State of the Union address, George Washington called the need for a standard unit of measurement \u201can object of great importance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jefferson was appointed to make this happen. Since France had recently helped the U.S. win the Revolutionary War, the philosophers believed Dombey could easily persuade Jefferson to convince Congress to adopt the new system.<\/p>\n<p>The metric system was then made up of two standards of measurement \u2014 a rod that measured one meter and a copper cylinder that weighed one kilogram. Dombey traveled with both items.<\/p>\n<p>But on his way across the Atlantic, Dombey\u2019s ship hit a nasty storm and he ended up in the Caribbean where pirates captured him. He died in prison shortly after.<\/p>\n<p>By the time France sent someone else to the U.S., Edmond Randolph had become Secretary Of State and he didn\u2019t really care about what measurements were used.<\/p>\n<p>Though the metric system has, nevertheless, slowly made its way into American life \u2014 we buy soda in liters and U.S. companies conduct international trade using meters \u2014 we\u2019re still kilometers, er, miles behind the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Dombey event is probably a bit of a footnote to history,\u201d Keith Martin, a research librarian at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, told the Washington Post. But had Dombey completed his journey, \u201cit could have made a big difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2017\/09\/20\/pirates-can-be-blamed-for-the-us-not-using-the-metric-system\/\">Link to article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdfa.ca.gov\/dms\/\">Learn more about CDFA&#8217;s Division of Measurement Standards<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lauren Tousignant The United States could be using the metric system \u2014 the universal system of measurement that every industrialized nation uses except the U.S. \u2014 if it wasn\u2019t for a bunch of pirates 224 years ago. 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