This month we had Andrew Clark back, this time to give us a talk entitled “A Short History of Measurement”. He took us through from Biblical Measurements to the present-day Metric Measurements.
He spoke of the segment in the back wall of Trafalgar Square, which has measurements from those mentioned in the bible to the imperial measurement, which all fit a part of the average human body. He then went on to say how the French before Napoleon went to a system of 10 which has now spread around the world with only a few countries not using the metric system of 10. A very interesting and informative talk.