Sir Richard F Burton worked for the East India Company and was an undercover agent for the crown in the Great Game amongst many other things he did in his life.
Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (/ˈbɜːrtən/; 19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was a British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat. He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa and the Americas, as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. According to one count, he spoke 29 European, Asian and African languages.[1]
Burton was a captain in the army of the East India Company, serving in India (and later, briefly, in the Crimean War).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Francis_Burton
http://greatbritishnutters.blogspot.com/2008/03/sir-richard-burton-gone-to-devil.html
We still use MPH & Yards on our road signs in Britain
Metric for everything else, well bit of a mix and match.
https://www.gov.uk/speed-limits
The kids are only taught the metric system! and are expected to pass a driving test with MPH :-) all good fun.
Car tyre sizes make me laugh eg, 15 x 225
15" Diameter and 225mm wide!
>https://twitter.com/BreakingNLive/status/1132675013268713472
Sat in the Korova milkbar
UN agencies and aid organizations have opposed taking migrants to camps in Libya.
Libyan Navy rescues almost 300 migrants off Tripoli coast
The Libyan Navy has rescued some 290 migrants from sinking boats off the coast of Tripoli in two separate operations, AFP reported, citing officials.
A coast guard patrol plucked 87 migrants of different African nationalities from a sinking rubber boat about 50km east of the Libyan capital, according to Navy spokesman Ayoub Kacem. They were taken to a Tripoli naval base.
In a separate mission, some 203 migrants, also all from African countries, were spotted on board two boats off the coast of the town of Zliten, some 140km east of Tripoli. They were taken to a detention center in Suq al-Khamis.
UN agencies and aid organizations have opposed taking migrants to camps in Libya.
https://www.rt.com/newsline/460196-libya-navy-migrants-tripoli/