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Those aren't bases though. Bases would be where you have one symbol for each digit up to that point. Base 12: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b, then "10" is the number twelve. Also, Fahrenheit simply makes no sense for anything. And the USA went "metric" regarding dollars and cents a long time during which Britain was using 12 pennies to a shilling, 20 shillings to a pound etc

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The Beave TheBeave@GitCitadel.com 1 week ago

That is how those counting systems are commonly referred to. 🤷‍♂️ I'd actually prefer the old British money system, in many ways. And, IIRC, the old base 60 systems were actually base 60. The biggest issue is the lack of whole number thirds and quarters.

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