Historical Events tagged with "lagrange"
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France Officially Adopts the Metre
France officially adopted the metre in 1799 as its standard unit of length. This decision emerged from the French Revolution's broader goals of rationalizing and standardizing measurements, ultimately facilitated by the work of scientists like Pierre-Simon Laplace and Joseph-Louis Lagrange. The metre, defined as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole, aimed to create uniformity across the nation. The adoption of the metric system marked a shift toward a more scientific approach in measurement, fostering additional legislative changes and educational reforms in France.
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