The imperial system of units, imperial system or imperial units (also known as British Imperial or Exchequer Standards … See more

The Weights and Measures Act 1824 was initially scheduled to go into effect on 1 May 1825. The Weights and Measures Act 1825 pushed back the date to 1 January 1826. The 1824 Act allowed the continued use of pre-imperia… See more

The 1824 Act of Parliament defined the yard and pound by reference to the prototype standards, and it also defined the values of certain physical constants, to make provision for re-creation of the standards i… See more

Since the Weights and Measures Act 1985, British law defines base imperial units in terms of their metric equivalent. The metric system is routinely used in business and technology within the United Kingdom, with imperial uni… See more

• Acre-foot
• Board foot
• Comparison of the imperial and US customary measurement systems
• Conversion of units… See more

1. ^ Britannica Educational Publishing (2010). The Britannica Guide to Numbers and Measurement. The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 241. ISBN 978-1-61530-218-5. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retri… See more

• Appendices B and C of NIST Handbook 44
• Thompson, A.; Taylor, Barry N. (5 October 2010). "The NIST guide for the use of the international system of units". NIST. Archived from the original on 16 February 2010. Retri… See more