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33 American Metric System Fails That Prove We'll Use Literally Any Other Measuring SystemWelcome to a hilariously bewildering collection of American metric system fails, a tribute to the times Americans said, “No ...
The ongoing use of the imperial system in the United States, despite the global adoption of the metric system, raises ...
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In other words, the French introduced not only national standards, but a system of standards. It survives today as the metric system.
In the meantime, a new system of weights and measures, developed by French scientists following the Revolution of 1789, gained increasing international use. This metric system had as its fundamental ...
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