Assertion: metric system's unit | /r/CapableOf | have on the eve of the revolution
Facets:
value: in 1789
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: It has been estimated that on the eve of the Revolution in 1789, the eight hundred or so units of measure in use in France had up to a quarter of a million different definitions because the quantity associated with each unit could differ from town to town, and even from trade to trade.:2–3