

Only in 1875 the world began to show some interest in the French development.

SI is the abbreviation for Système International d'Unités. More information in The United States and The Metric System. This was decided in the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act Of 1988. The United States converted to the international standard metric system under pressure of the industry in 1988. The United States had their own metric system for a very long time. More information in The Weights and Measures Act 1985 (Metrication) (Amendment) Order 1994. In 1985 the English changed officially to the standard metric systems. Just like in the SI, the units were multiplied by each other. These consisted on feet, yards, inches, miles etc for length. Because the unit of length is the meter, and volume is m Įngland had its own metric system for a very long time. If you don't, the calculations will be wrong. So, if you want the volume in cubic meters, you will have to fill in all the data in meters. You will have to be consequent with the units. These are pyramid, truncated pyramid, cylinder, hollow cylinder (pipe), cone, truncated cone, sphere, the segment of a sphere and a barrel. Here are some geometrical bodies, whose volume can be calculated.
