Re: Where do the units come from?
- From: srp@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 31 May 2007 07:39:41 -0700
On 31 mai, 07:32, coetzee.ev...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi Guys
I'm wonder where the units of measure come from. Specifically the
kilometer. I can swear I read somewhere that the distance from some...
pole or latitude to paris = x kilometers and that is how they decided
how long a kilometer is. It is however IMPOSSIBLE for me to find the
history of the kilometer online as there's a gazillion website wanting
to help me convert kilometers to other units.
Do you perhaps know of a website where they have the origins of the
units explained?
The actual unit is the "meter", so you would no doubt have more luck
if you were looking for the history of the meter.
The meter belong to the SI system "Systeme International" of units,
which is in general use.
Its units are the meter (m), the kilogram (kg), the second (s),
also refered to as the MKS system.
If you look for those keywords, you should find what you want.
André Michaud
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