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The Metric System
by Jessica Goodwin
The metric system is a dynamic system which is
continually being used and improved to keep up with development s in Science
and technology. It is still being used world wide today. The metric system
occurred in France, in April, 1790, when Charles Maurice de Talleyrand had
a plan based on a unit of length equal to the length of a pendulum that
would make one full swing per second.
The metric system simplifies calculations by using
a set of prefixes. One of the advantages of the metric system is it's combination
of metric terminology with it's decimal organization.
In May, 1793,three years after the metric system
was founded, the unit was given a name "metre" derived from the
Greek word matron, meaning "a measure"
The metric system is the most widely used system
of units and measure around the world and is still used today.
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