"System of weights and measures" Quotes from Famous Books
... great ideas realized during the first period of the revolution, must be reckoned that of a uniform system of weights and measures. From all parts of France remonstrances were sent against the great variety of those in use. Several kings had endeavoured to remedy this evil, which was so hurtful to lawful trade, and favourable only to fraud and double-dealing. ... — Paris As It Was and As It Is • Francis W. Blagdon
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