Essence of the metric system Introduction to the metric system International System of Units (SI) is the system of units that has been officially endorsed under the Metre Convention since 1960. Child articles are: SI base units SI derived unit Non-SI units mentioned in the SI SI prefixes Persons influential in the metric system Simon Stevin (1548–1620) Gabriel Mouton (1618–1694) Marquis de Condorcet (1743–1794) Pierre Méchain (1744–1804) Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749–1827) Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749–1822) Adrien-Marie Legendre (1753–1834) James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824–1907) Giovanni Giorgi (1871–1950 ) Louis Sokol (1914-1996 )
Essence of the metric system Introduction to the metric system International system of units (SI) is the system of units that has been officially endorsed under the Metre Convention since 1960. Child articles are: SI base units SI derived unit Non-SI units mentioned in the SI SI prefixes Persons influential in the metric system Simon Stevin (1548–1620) Gabriel Mouton (1618–1694) Marquis de Condorcet (1743–1794) Pierre Méchain (1744–1804) Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749–1827) Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749–1822) Adrien-Marie Legendre (1753–1834) James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824–1907) Giovanni Giorgi (1871–1950 )
R
System of Units
system of units
D
) Louis Sokol (1914-1996