A Brief History of the Metric System

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Chapter 1 Introduction: Decimal Ideas Before Revolutionary France
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Chapter 2 Reform of Weights and Measures in Revolutionary France
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Chapter 3 Metrication in France and Beyond: The Meter Goes International
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Chapter 4 The Système International D’Unités (SI) of 1960
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Chapter 5 Changes in the SI from Its Introduction (1960) to the Explicit-Constant Revision (2019)
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Chapter 6 The Metric System and the United States

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Unit of measurement

Cited by user Johnjbarton on 20 Apr 2024

A unit of measurement, or unit of measure, is a definite magnitude of a quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law, that is used as a standard for measurement…

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International System of Units

Cited by user Johnjbarton on 15 Jan 2024

The International System of Units, internationally known by the abbreviation SI (from French Système International), is the modern form of the metric system and the world…

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Metrijärjestelmä

Cited by user Jähmefyysikko on 03 Jul 2023

Metrijärjestelmä on metriin ja kilogrammaan perustuva, alkujaan Ranskassa 1700-luvun lopulla käyttöön otettu mittayksikköjärjestelmä, joka on myöhemmin laajennettu…

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