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« First, the Committee sponsored the creation of the metric system. From a piecemeal scattering of different standards of weights and measures throughout France, the revolutionary government oversaw the invention and use of a simple, unified system based on increments of ten (i.e. 100 centimetres equals 1 metre, 1,000 metres equals 1 kilometre, 1,000 grams equals 1 kilogramme, etc.). Of all the changes instituted by the revolutionary government during its radical phase, this would be the most successful and lasting. »

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