Is the newton a unit of avoirdupois yet

From: Donald G. Shead (dcshead_at_charter.net)
Date: 06/10/04 

Date: 10 Jun 2004 03:55:00 -0700

My not being a physist, except an amatuer of it; leads me to ask the
following questions of you who ARE real physicists:

When the metric system first came out why didn't the people of France
like it? Why did Napolean grant a reprieve from it?

Now _please_, if you don't mind, will only real physicists who have
what they believe something constructive to say answer? I've been
flamed enough already.

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