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Origins and previous definitions of the SI base unit for measuring length
The history of the metre starts with the Scientific Revolution that is considered to have begun with Nicolaus Copernicus's publication of in 1543. Increasingly accurate measurements were required, and scientists looked for measures that were universal and could be based on natural phenomena rather than royal decree or physical prototypes. Rather than the various complex systems of subdivision then... Wikipedia