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Mètre étalon

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6th Arr., Paris

🧱"best-rated piece of wall in Paris" (@parissecret)
📏"if you know the history... it's amazing"
📖Check out "Measure of All Things" by Ken Alder

A slab of 18th-century marble on a Paris wall quietly changed how the world measures everything. Le Mètre Étalon is one of just two surviving original meter standards, installed after the Revolution to unify trade across France.

free to see
history buff essential
quick stop
scientific heritage
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