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Where does the metre come from?


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A metre is as long as 20 of my potatoes and my potato is as long as 10 of my rice grains. But these aren´t constant units to measure. This episode contains the historic background of the metre, where it comes from and the urgent question: how long is the metre really?

A podcast by Elisa

Credit for music:

„Catch It“ by Corna-Media from Pixabay

„Save As“ by tobylane from Pixabay

„motivational Corporate- short“ by LiteSaturation from Pixabay

Pixabay: (https://pixabay.com/de/music)

Reference list:

Anna Clemens (15.07.2017) ´Woher kommt der Meter?´, URL: https://www.spektrum.de/frage/wo-kommt-der-meter-her/1480889, last opened: 27.11.2022

Terra X (2022), ´Die Geschichte des Metermaßes´, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjAyARMzf2o, last opened: 27.11.2022

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