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Measurements

Patented: History of Inventions

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The Politics of Measurement

There seems to be a lot of politics wrapped up in measurements and who controls them. Measurement becomes wrapped up with ideas of national strength, Di says. The metric martyrs were prosecuted for not using imperial units on their stalls. This case was described as the 'starting gun' for brexet by one former b b c politics editor.

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