~* Sarahstellarsarah@mastodon.world
Jul 3, 2026, 1:53 PMretooted Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm:
TIL some interesting things about the metric system…
1. Over centuries there were multiple attempts at standardizing a measurements system. France pulled it off during the French Revolution. Two chemists (husband and wife) devised it.
2. The base units were built to be realisable. Meaning based on and provable with nature.
3. The meter was realisable as one ten-millionth of the distance between the North Pole and the equator. Later is was converted to 1/299,792,458 of light speed per second.
Bonus: Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier is one of the two aforementioned chemists. She was instrumental in the standardization of the scientific method.