Grave (unit)

One of the original prototypes of the grave made in 1793 and now kept at the NIST Museum

The grave (/ɡræv/,[1] French: [ɡʁav][2]), abbreviated gv,[3] is the unit of mass used in the first metric system which was implemented in France in 1793. In 1795, the grave was renamed as the kilogram.

  1. ^ "World's Roundest Object! - YouTube"
  2. ^ "grave", Wiktionary, the free dictionary, 15 February 2024, retrieved 26 February 2024
  3. ^ "Instruction sur les poids et mesures républicaines:
    déduites de la grandeur de la terre,
    uniformes pour toute la République,
    et sur les calculs relatifs à leur division décimale"

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