The metric system originated in France
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The French originated the metric system of measurement (now called the International System of Units and abbreviated SI, pronounced ess-eye). ... Most historians agree that Gabriel Mouton, the vicar of St. Paul's Church in Lyons, France, is...
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Most historians agree that Gabriel Mouton, the vicar of St. Paul's Church in Lyons, France, is the “founding father” of the metric system. He proposed a decimal system of measurement in 1670. Mouton based it on the length of one minute of arc of a great circle of the Earth (now called a nautical mile, 1852 meters).
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The chart (below) shows when various countries adopted the metric system and is based on a survey conducted by USMA many years ago. The chart shows the countries' names at the time; some have since changed names.
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The metric system, originating in the French Revolution and propagated widely in the 19th century, has brought a dreary but convenient uniformity to units of measurement. Only the English foot-pound-second system put ... On the other hand, 112 pounds is exactly 8 stone, and stones did not originate in mining measurements.
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On April 5, 1893 the inch was redefined as precisely 1/39.37 meter, and in a very real sense we have been using the metric system ever since. In 1959 the length of the inch was shortened slightly to its present definition of 2.540 000 000 centimeters.
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Here's information on the metric system. ... more metric ... Where did metric system originate?
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What do you engineers think about the switch to the metric system 20 years ago? Is it better or worse than the inches system? Do you have a problem trying to apply close tolerances with metric? Do you think that ... Trueview, the chauvinists in every single country resist any change that does not originate with them.
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The Metric System in the United States ... Jefferson's system actually resembles the metric system in many ways. Its biggest shortcoming is that Jefferson didn't hit on the idea of using prefixes to create names for multiples of units. Consequently, his system was burdened with a long list of names.
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www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/usmetric.html
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