true.
The Gimli Glider incident. It was found that the refueling was done in imperial units, while the aircraft's gauges were in metric.
A gallon is certainly not metric. It is imperial.
'Feet/Foot' is an Imperial system . The approximate same distance metric is 30 cm ( centimetres). Here is the full table of the Imperial Linear System. 12 inches = 1 foot ( Developed from history as the average length a foot) 3 feet = 1 yard (Thought to be the average stride of a human being). 22 yards = 1 chain ( The length of a cricket pitch between creases). 10 chains = 1 furlong ( furrows length; mediaeval ploughing). 8 furlongs = 1 mile.
Metric tons can't be converted to imperial gallons. Metric tons measure mass, while imperial gallons measure volume.
There is no such thing as a metric gallon. The metric measurement is litres. There are 4.54609188 litres to an imperial gallon.
'Ton' is Imperial at 2240 pounds(lbs) per ton However the (American ) Ton is only 2000 pounds per ton. The Metric TONNE is 1000 kilograms and approximately 1 Imperial Ton Note the spelling difference between Imperial and Metric ( tons/Tonnes). ; .
Imperial and metric systems of measurement can be interpreted by a metric conversion table and chart. The measuring scheme is available from various online companies like French Property Company.
imperial - Elvinusa
The opposing systems are imperial and metric, not customary. But, meters are metric.
I'm guessing by customary, you mean imperial. if so inches are customary/imperial
74.480 Tonne. No need to use the word metric . A Tonne is metric , whereas a Ton is Imperial. They are spelled differently so that we all know which is Metric and which is Imperial.
It is neither.