Assertion: metric system | /r/AtLocation | france
Facets:
value: after jefferson's proposals
type: TEMPORAL
value: following the french revolution
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The metric system, which you could characterize as the meters scale, originated in France, whose government adopted it in 1795.
text: The metric system originated in France in 1799 following the French Revolution although decimal units had been used in many other countries and cultures previously.
text: The metric system originated in France in the 1790's, a few years after Jefferson's proposals.