History of the metric system creation
By the end of the XIX century, the metric system had been adopted almost all over Europe, with the exception of Greece and England. The rapid spread of this unique system of measures, which we still use today, was facilitated by simplicity, unity, and accuracy.
By the end of the XIX century, the metric system had been adopted almost all over Europe, with the exception of Greece and England. The rapid spread of this unique system of measures, which we still use today, was facilitated by simplicity, unity, and accuracy.
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Al-Khazini and the Book of the Balance of Wisdom -
From the history of Chinese weight measures -
Grain and carat. What did it all start from? -
Weight units of the Muslim East -
Weights and measures of Medieval Europe -
Weights and measures of Ancient Chersonesus -
Weights and measures of India -
Scales and the witch hunt -
Philipp Matthaus Hahn - a pastor-inventor -
On the origin of weights and measures -
History of the kilogram -
Mina - weight measure of the ancient world -
Ancient weights of the Assyrian Empire: the riddle of Nimrud set of weights -
Bronze lion - the weight of Ancient Abydos -
Ancient weights of Nibbur, the holy city of Sumerians. Part 1 -
Ancient weights of Nibbur, the holy city of Sumerians. Part 2 -
Weight measures of Ancient Greece -
Commercial weights of Ancient Egypt -
Balance weights of Ancient Anatolia -
Ancient weights of Mesopotamia and Western Syria