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  1. A Passport for the Metre The Diplomatic Recognition of the Metric System in a Changing International Order (1785–1799).Emma Prevignano - 2022 - Centaurus 64 (4):889-916.
    In 1798, the National Institute and the French minister of foreign relations invited European countries to send delegations of science practitioners to Paris to finalise the values of the metre and the kilogram. This article reads the event as part of a wider attempt to establish the political relevance of international scientific consensus and include scientific exchanges in the diplomatic culture of post-revolutionary Europe. At the end of the 18th century, the scope and methods of both the sciences and diplomacy (...)
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