![To Promote DIY Metric Rulers in the 18th Century, Paris Placed Meter-Long Marble Blocks on Public Buildings - Core77 To Promote DIY Metric Rulers in the 18th Century, Paris Placed Meter-Long Marble Blocks on Public Buildings - Core77](https://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/833515_81_79999_nrTPu9ZS0.jpg)
To Promote DIY Metric Rulers in the 18th Century, Paris Placed Meter-Long Marble Blocks on Public Buildings - Core77
![To Promote DIY Metric Rulers in the 18th Century, Paris Placed Meter-Long Marble Blocks on Public Buildings - Core77 To Promote DIY Metric Rulers in the 18th Century, Paris Placed Meter-Long Marble Blocks on Public Buildings - Core77](https://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/833518_81_79999_vtJPxwTnH.jpg)
To Promote DIY Metric Rulers in the 18th Century, Paris Placed Meter-Long Marble Blocks on Public Buildings - Core77
![Standard meter 1797 - Metre (meter) stalon by Jean-Francois Chalgrin 36, rue de Vaugirard, Paris, 6th ( Standard meter 1797 - Metre (meter) stalon by Jean-Francois Chalgrin 36, rue de Vaugirard, Paris, 6th (](https://images-cdn.bridgemanimages.com/api/1.0/image/600wm.XEE.61146140.7055475/4160937.jpg)
Standard meter 1797 - Metre (meter) stalon by Jean-Francois Chalgrin 36, rue de Vaugirard, Paris, 6th (
![When France switched to the meter in the 18th century, they placed 16 of these across Paris so that people would be able to tell exactly how long a meter is. : When France switched to the meter in the 18th century, they placed 16 of these across Paris so that people would be able to tell exactly how long a meter is. :](https://i.redd.it/wk337v6dg92z.jpg)