What is "system of weights and measures"

Usage examples of "system of weights and measures".

I could get away with designing a system of weights and measures because there were so many of them that one more didn't make much difference.

Of course, I could invent my own system of weights and measures easily enough, and it would at least have the advantage of consistency.

The army system of weights and measures was well on its way to becoming universal, at least within Poland.

I had to give her a brief explanation of the English system of weights and measures as used in the West Texas disneyland.

One has only to look at their methods of town planning and water supply, their obstinate clinging to everything that is out of date and a nuisance, a spelling system that defies analysis, and a system of weights and measures that is intelligible only to the compilers of arithmetic books, to see how little they care about mere efficiency.

For a moment he was afraid that this was not a viable choice, but then it replied OLD ENGLISH SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES INVOKED.