History of Measurement By Aaron Marquez The first

History of Measurement By Aaron Marquez

The first Recorded Measurement � The inch was the length of our thumbs � Foot was itself � The Egyptians and Mesopotamia were the first to use measurement.

Romans Measurement � The unit the Roman’s used were instated in 750 A. D. � The length of a foot was based on a person’s foot.

The Metric System � The French created the Metric System to allow every country to understand one another's measurement by having the same unit to measure.

Treaty of the Meter � It created the three group of the Metric System. � BIPM � CGPM � CIPM

Standard meter in 1791 � The French Academy of Sciences decided in 1791 that the meter would be defined by the dimensions of the planet earth.

Standard Meter in 1983 � On October 20, 1983, the meter was officially redefined as the distance traveled by light in a vacuum during a time interval of 1/299, 792, 458 of a second.

Metric Act of 1866 � It stated that the Metric system was good effect that the U. S. decide to use it as the standard unit of measurement.

Early tools of Measurement � Some of the first tools used were simply a person’s foot, thumb, and a string with a small rock at the end of it.

Measurement Disasters � Hyatt Regency Hotel Walkway Collapse � 1970′s DC-10 Disasters

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