When was the english measurement system created?

Answer 1

It developed successively from ancient times. At different times certain portions were standardized (so that a foot would not change in length when a new king with different sized feet came to the throne).

To prevent discord and enable trade, many towns decided on a standard length and displayed this publicly. In order to enable simultaneous use of the different units of length based on different parts of the human body and other "natural" units of length, the different units were redefined as multiples of each other, whereby their lengths no longer corresponded to the original "natural" standards. This process of national standardization began in Scotland in 1150 and in England in 1303, where many different regional standards had existed long before.

On July 1, 1959, the length of the international yard in the United States and countries of the Commonwealth of Nations was defined as 0.9144 metres. Consequently, the international foot is defined to be equal to exactly 0.3048 metres (equivalent to 304.8 millimetres). This was 2 ppm shorter than the previous U.S definition and 1.7 ppm longer than the previous British definition

The United States survey foot is defined as exactly 1200⁄3937 metres, approximately 0.3048006096 m.

In the United States, the foot was defined as 12 inches, with the inch being defined by the Mendenhall Order of 1893 by 39.37 inches = 1 m. In Imperial units, the foot was defined as 1⁄3 yard, with the yard being realized as a physical standard (separate from the standard metre). The yard standards of the different Commonwealth countries were periodically compared with one another. The value of the United Kingdom primary standard of the yard was determined in terms of the metre by the National Physical Laboratory in 1964 as 0.9143969 m, implying a pre-1959 foot in the UK of 0.3047990 m.

Answer 2

The English measurement system traces back to ancient times but the modern system, based on the yard and pound, was standardized in the 18th century in Britain. This system later evolved into the Imperial system that was widely used across the British Empire.

Answer 3

There is no year as this is based on the idea of a foot (a man's foot) and goes back to very early times.

Answer 4

no one