TEDxMelbourne - Pat Naughtin - Saving Millions with the Metric System

[barnsworth80]

someone creating a base 10 system a long time ago does not make him an inventer of the metric system. Otherwise I could invent a new, better metric system this afternoon! :-)

'S.I.' and BIPM are the bibles of metric. Find out what each stands for and you get an idea where the metric system was invented and not be so xenophobic about it (just because it's not English).

[amos083]

Actually, a 1-m long pendulum swings at a cycle of close to 2 seconds; a 1-second pendulum is about 0.25m long. (Source: WolframAlpha site)