The Metric System

In our daily lives, we use the metric system. To measure any distance in kilometers while traveling, weighing an object, measuring any fluid, the metric system can be used for nearly every measurement we encounter in our daily lives. Have you ever wondered where the metric system came from? Who invented this system for measuring almost everything? When and how was this system first used, and how did it become popular?

It dates back to 1799, when the French Revolution came to an end. During the French Revolution, the first practical application of the metric system was to smooth trade relations. The pre-existing metric system had become obsolete and unusable by the time of the French Revolution. The introduction of a decimal method that analyzed data using kilogram and meter was made.

These bases for measurements derived their fundamental units from nature. The fundamental unit of length, the meter, was developed using the size of the Earth as a guide, and the fundamental unit of mass, the kilogram, was developed using the mass of water with a volume of one cubic decimeter as a base.