Examples of efforts to have local intercity or national standards for measurements include the Scottish law of 1641, and the British standard imperial system of 1824, which is still commonly used in the United Kingdom.
至于制定地方城际或国家计量标准的努力，例子有1641年的苏格兰法律和1824年的英国标准英制制度（imperial system）——后者仍在英国普遍使用。