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- Introduction_to_the_metric_system abstract "For a topical guide to this subject, see Outline of the metric system.The metric system was first developed during the French Revolution to replace the various measures used at that time. The metre, the unit of length in the metric system, was based on the dimensions of the earth; the litre, the unit of volume, was defined as one thousandth of a cubic metre; and the kilogram, the unit of mass, was defined as the mass of one litre of water. The system was, in the words of French philosopher Marquis de Condorcet, "for all people for all time".The metric system has names to cover different ranges of the same measure. Instead of using names based on the context of the measure, the metric system mainly uses names made by adding prefixes, such as kilo- or milli-, as decimal multipliers to the base unit names. Thus one kilogram is 1000 grams and one kilometre is 1000 metres.During the nineteenth century the metric system was adopted by both the world-wide scientific community and many countries as the system of measurement. It therefore became truly international. Until 1875 the French government owned the prototype metre and kilogram, but in that year the Convention of the metre was signed and control of the standards relating to mass and length passed on to a trio of inter-government organisations.In 1960 the metric system was extensively revised to form the International System of Units, abbreviated to SI.".
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