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"The metre was originally defined in 1793 as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole" If we assume one iPhone to be 5 inches then
by logn 10y ago
"The metre was originally defined in 1793 as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole"
If we assume one iPhone to be 5 inches then we can span the equator to the North pole 12.7 times (5 inches is .127 meters).
- taejo 10y agoThe estimate of the distance from the equator to the North Pole was off by about 20%, though.