Metrication: a matter of national identity
E&T
OCTOBER 11, 2022
“The metric system is associated with the excesses of the Revolution, particularly with the idea of an overthrow of the natural order, extending to divine right of kings, and units that have grown out of hundreds of years of use,” says James Vincent, author of ‘Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement’. Mars climate orbiter.
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