•Which civilizations were the first to record measurements? The Indus River Valley civilization was the first to record measurements.
•What was the length of foot based on in the Roman Empire? It was usually divided into 12 or sometimes 10 inches or 16 fingers/digits.
•Why did the French Academy of Science create the metric system? So everyone used the same units for science and it was easier to assess the works of everyone globally. It made things more simple.
•What was the Treaty of the Meter? It was an agreement used to preserve the Metric System.
How was the length of a standard meter defined in the year 1791? It was defined because the French Academy decided that the standard of the meter would be defined by the dimensions of Earth.
•How was the length of a standard meter defined in the year 1983? On October 20, 1983, the meter was officially redefined as the distance traveled by light in a vacuum during a time interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second.
•What was the significance of the Metric Act of 1866? It was significant because it recognized the metric system as a legal system of measurement in the US, so the US decided the metric system was reliable enough to be used there.
•What were some of the early tools to help aid in measurement? Some of the early tools in measurement were the use of body parts like the arms, legs, and feet.
•What major engineering blunders were results of faulty measurement? The Mars Cimate Orbiter was a major engineering blunder because teams from europe and the US were using two different measurement systems and the orbiter missed the planet .
