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So OTL a more rational measurement system was birthed during the French Revolution and imposed on Europe by Napoleon.
Most of it stuck due to it's usefulness.
So without the Revolution how would metrication proceed?
Could we end up with rival systems?
Is a decimalised system more likely than any other?
Your thoughts...