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How did campaigners for the metric system get their message across 120 years ago? | Metric Views – UK Metric Association
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2024-03-08

From the UK Metric Association blog, Metric Views

A century before the internet, booklets and circulars played an important role in the activities of campaign organisations. A key pamphlet by the Decimal Association, Reasons Why, contained a list of “Reasons why the Metric Weights and Measures should be made Compulsory throughout the British Empire”.

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