Archives nationales de France - [Le Saviez-vous ?] Le 7 avril 1795, le système métrique est adopté en France. Aujourd'hui, un mètre étalon est conservé aux Archives nationales, dans la célèbre Armoire
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Dr David Boyce on Twitter: "A metre stick! Ok try not to swoon in excitement. In fact, this is a second generation metre stick. It was made by direct comparison to the
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