It’s good to see a metric speedometer. No imperial entanglements

So who decided how long a metre would be? Was it a bloke called Mr Metre? Did he have too much time on his hands? Just like me compiling this blog!

Dan’s Fact of the Day:
Origins of the ‘metre.’ Aug. 1, 1793: 1st definition. 1/10 000 000 of the northern quadrant of the Paris meridian (5 132 430 toises of Paris, from the north pole to the equator). Proposed by the Académie des sciences (Borda, Lagrange, Laplace, Monge and Condorcet)
Another one of these, same time tomorrow!