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  2. French units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    La loi du 4 juillet 1837 (the law of 4 July 1837) of the July Monarchy effectively revoked the use of mesures usuelles by reaffirming the laws of measurement of 1795 and 1799 to be used from 1 May 1840. [1] However, many units of measure, such as the livre, remained in colloquial use for many years and the livre still does to some extent.

  3. Traditional French units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The traditional French units of measurement prior to metrication were established under Charlemagne during the Carolingian Renaissance. Based on contemporary Byzantine and ancient Roman measures , the system established some consistency across his empire but, after his death, the empire fragmented and subsequent rulers and various localities ...

  4. Mesures usuelles - Wikipedia

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    Mesures usuelles (French pronunciation: [məzyʁ yzɥɛl], customary measures) were a French system of measurement introduced by French Emperor Napoleon I in 1812 to act as compromise between the metric system and traditional measurements. The system was restricted to use in the retail industry and continued in use until 1840, when the laws of ...

  5. French units - Wikipedia

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    French units could refer to any of: Units of measurement in France before the French Revolution, used in France until 1795. Mesures usuelles, used in France until 1839. The International System of Units, the present-day metric system of units. The French catheter scale, used for measuring the diameters of medical catheters.

  6. Vietnamese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Originally, many thước of varying lengths were in use in Vietnam, each used for different purposes. According to Hoàng Phê (1988), [1] the traditional system of units had at least two thước of different lengths before 1890, [2] the thước ta (lit. "our ruler") or thước mộc ("wooden ruler"), equal to 0.425 metres (1 ft 4.7 in), and the thước đo vải ("ruler for measuring ...

  7. French Indochina - Wikipedia

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    French–Vietnamese relations started during the early 17th century with the arrival of the Jesuit missionary Alexandre de Rhodes.Around this time, Vietnam had only just begun its "Southward"—"Nam Tiến", the occupation of the Mekong Delta, a territory being part of the Khmer Empire and to a lesser extent, the kingdom of Champa which they had defeated in 1471.

  8. French catheter scale - Wikipedia

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    The French scale, also known as the French gauge or Charrière system, is a widely used measurement system for the size of catheters. It is commonly abbreviated as Fr but may also be abbreviated as Fg , FR or F , and less frequently as CH or Ch (referencing its inventor, Charrière ).

  9. Units of measurement in France - Wikipedia

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