The Académie had already set up a Commission of Weights and Measures in 1790 consisting of Borda, Condorcet, Laplace, Legendre and Lavoisier to advise on a metric system of weights and measures.
Ang Académie may na-set up ng isang Commission ng weight at sumusukat sa 1790 na binubuo ng mga Borda, Condorcet, Laplace, Legendre at Lavoisier upang ipaalam sa isang panukat na sistema ng mga talaro at hakbang.