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[–] MiddleWeigh@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

OK I'm looking up the history of the metric system now.

[–] janja@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have a go at ‘The Measure of All Things’ by Ken Alder, a very interesting book on that subject.

[–] MiddleWeigh@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks! Bookmarked (I got a ton of lemmy bookmarks, lots of reading to do lol)