Show metric system of weights and measures standard throughout most of the v the french were in a reforming mood during the their revolutionary lutio nary government was determined to destroy every remaining trace of the bad old days after uprooting the major abuses such as feudal privilege and autocratic government errun ern ment ent attention was turned to the minor evils fashions in clothing 1 ng were changed by government edict men were compelled to address each other as instead of monsieur and even the names of the months were changed to such things as brumaire and most of these lesser reforms were eventually abandoned as being n not ot worth the trouble of enforcement one of them however writes dr thomas M beck in the chicago tribune remained and has grown in importance during the succeeding years this is the metric system t em of weights and measures which is now the standard accepted throughout the greater part of the civilized world the only important nonconformists are the english speak nations the great advantage of the metric system is that it is based on the decimal system it has the same advantages over english weights and measures that dollars and cents have over pounds shillings and pence A yard is 36 inches or 3 feet or one mile but a meter is most conveniently 1000 millimeters or centimeters or of a kilometer school children trying try in 9 tc remember that 12 troy ounces make a troy pound while there are 16 avoirdupois ounces to an avoirdupois pound or that 2000 pounds make a ton but 2240 pounds make a long ton will appreciate m metric etric weights in which 1000 grams make a kilogram and 1000 kilograms make a ton C t fk |