#330 | A Short History of Measurements
English Learning for Curious Minds
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The Standardised Shipping Container
In the spring there was the month of flowering flagell. The hottest month was called Thermador, and the coldest was called Nevoz. Within each week of 10 days, the day would be split into 10 hours,. Each of 100 minutes and 100 seconds. One second in this system was equal to 0.864 seconds today. These plans to make time and weeks decimal did not have the same effect. They were abandoned after two years, and the Republican calendar after 12. Now it's time to talk about an invention that has revolutionised global trade. And one you might not think about is the standardised shipping container.
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