In other words, the French introduced not only national standards, but a system of standards. It survives today as the metric system.

The metric system is used by almost every country in the world, making it a universal language of measurement. The United States officially endorsed the metric system in 1975, but implementation has ...

The metric system, also known as the International System of Units (SI), uses the liter as the base unit of volume, with one ...

In the meantime, a new system of weights and measures, developed by French scientists following the Revolution of 1789, gained increasing international use. This metric system had as its fundamental ...