To me, it is a rather confused story. He revoked or banned the metric system and reintroduced "usual measures." BUT he redefined all the usual measure to have simple relations to metric measures, something like a pound, but redefined to be exactly half a kilogram. So he created "hidden metric." Did it help or hurt? I'm not sure.
________________________________ From: "Ressel, Howard R (DOT)" <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 7, 2014 2:37 PM Subject: [USMA:54096] Napoleon We were discussing leadership and Napoleon at work today and it made me wonder how much influence he had on Frances development and use of the metric system anyone have some insight? Howard Ressel Project Design Engineer NYSDOT 1530 Jefferson Road Rochester, NY 14623 585 272-3372 43,560 square feet in an acre 5280 feet in a mile 16 ounces in a pound 128 ounces in a gallon 23 confused kids in a class What could be simpler?
