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It started with the French. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_metric_system https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_metric_system The mete
by geuis 1y ago
It started with the French.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_metric_system https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_metric_system
The meter was originally based on the measured dimensions of the Earth.
- hnuser123456 1y agoAh yes, you're right. Another nice coincidence that a seconds pendulum is less than 1% away from 1/10 millionth the distance between the equator and poles.
- Calwestjobs 1y agotanach still does not acknowledges science. so does 1/10 millionth error even matter in grand scheme of things ?
- arlort 1y agoI think there were multiple competing suggestions at the time, the grandfather clock was one while the standard ended up being the French proposed one that you mention