The adoption of the new Metric system of weights and measures, France, 1795. A merchant pours a litre of wine, a shopkeeper weighs sugar in grams, a dressmaker measures a metre of fabric. etc. Usage des nouveaux poids et mesures, en 1795. Illustration from Paul Lacroix's Directoire, Consulat et Empire, (Directory, Consulate and Empire), Paris, 1884.

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