File:Metric system French adoption decree (1795).jpg
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English: First page of the French National Convention decree of 18 Germinal An III (7 April 1795) establishing a new decimal system of measurement (the metric system). The decree also prohibits the use of any other measurement system in France. Français : Décret du 18 Germinal an III portant création du système métrique, première page |
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