https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr Made with Oscar broooo en-us 2017-08-16 16:23:10 UTC 2017-08-17 16:06:44 UTC hello@padlet.com ogarcia51 https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181289169 2017-08-16 16:24:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181289169 ogarcia51 https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181289329 Gabriel Mouton, the vicar of St. Paul's Church in Lyons, France, is the “founding father” of the metric system. He proposed a decimal system of measurement in 1670.]]> 2017-08-16 16:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181289329 ogarcia51 https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181289514 The metric system is an alternative system of measurement used in most countries, as well as in the United States.]]> 2017-08-16 16:26:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181289514 ogarcia51 https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181289559 The metric system is based on joining one of a series of prefixes, including kilo-, hecto-, deka-, deci-, centi-, and milli-, with a base unit ofmeasurement, such as meter, liter, or gram.]]> 2017-08-16 16:27:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181289559 ogarcia51 https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181465483 The metric system is based on a measure of 10. This allows conversions from different units more easy--simply moving a decimal point either to the left or to the right. For example, 1 millimeter is equal to 0.001 meter; a centimeter, which is a unit 0.1 larger than a millimeter, is 0.01 meter.]]> 2017-08-17 15:46:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181465483 ogarcia51 https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181465568 In 1875, most industrialized countries--including the United States, but not Great Britain--signed the Treaty of the Meter.]]> 2017-08-17 15:47:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181465568 ogarcia51 https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181465695 The treaty of the Meter created the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, now called the International System of Units. This bureau changed customary units and tweaked the system.]]> 2017-08-17 15:47:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181465695 ogarcia51 https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181466021 The modern metric system is called the International System of Units, or SI, and it was developed by scientists worldwide]]> 2017-08-17 15:49:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181466021 ogarcia51 https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181466168 Many countries initially were resistant to the system; it was Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands that mandated its use in 1820. In 1850, scientists worldwide began revolutionizing the metric system.]]> 2017-08-17 15:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181466168 ogarcia51 https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181466285  From that time until 1900, the adoption of the metric system grew exponentially, including most of Europe and Latin America.]]> 2017-08-17 15:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181466285 ogarcia51 https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181466354 The gram was the first unit defined as a unit of mass. ]]> 2017-08-17 15:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181466354 ogarcia51 https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181466408 The metric system adopted the kilogram as the standard unit of mass (a gram measures 1/1,000 of a kilogram).]]> 2017-08-17 15:51:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181466408 ogarcia51 https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181467360 2017-08-17 15:55:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181467360 ogarcia51 https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181467971 2017-08-17 15:57:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181467971 ogarcia51 https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181468226 ¨It permits nations, individuals, or corporations who would otherwise be hampered in their efforts at communicating, trading, or sharing information. Think of it as a common language. If everyone in the world speaks English, it's very easy to do business, travel, and engage in trade. The same is true of a single, standardized system of weights and measures¨]]> 2017-08-17 15:58:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181468226 ogarcia51 https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181468566 ¨Much of the world started moving to the metric system in the late nineteenth century. You've written that the United States didn't follow, because of “the humble screw thread.” For want of a screw, the metric system was lost?¨]]> 2017-08-17 15:59:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181468566 ogarcia51 https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181468824 According to the CIA Fact book, the United States is one of three nations (along with Liberia and Burma) that have not adopted the metric system as their official system of weights and measures. U.S. customary units are widely used on consumer products and in industrial manufacturing.]]> 2017-08-17 16:01:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181468824 ogarcia51 https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181469066 The units of metric measurements were standardized in 1799. Created in France, the metric system is now an international measurement system.]]> 2017-08-17 16:02:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181469066 ogarcia51 https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181469160 The system has changed over time, but it is still the most popular measurement system used in the world.]]> 2017-08-17 16:03:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181469160 ogarcia51 https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181469510 2017-08-17 16:04:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ogarcia51/8rkim1nuqrqr/wish/181469510