The US Finally Yields
The growing adoption of the metric system worldwide as of 1866 could not be ignored in the United States any longer. France was more accommodating this time, and a Treaty Of The Meter was signed.
An international committee for Weights and Measures was established, called the International Bureau Of Weights and Measures.
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