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๐ Metric System Made Compulsory in France (1889): Standardization of measurements and international impact.
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How France created the metric system - BBC (bbc.com)
History Of The Metric System | Metric Metal (metricmetal.com)
Origin of the Metric System (usma.org)
The Metric System: An Enduring Revolutionary Dream (ageofrevolutions.com)
History of the metric system - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
The History of the Metric System: from the French Revolution to the SI (the-gist.org)
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