Old Measurement System

Old Measurement System. Despite the metric system being introduced in Switzerland in 1877, the Reiseführer published in 1888 still used the old Swiss foot (1 f…

Location: Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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Category: weird

Despite the metric system being introduced in Switzerland in 1877, the Reiseführer published in 1888 still used the old Swiss foot (1 foot = 30 cm) as a unit of measurement. This shows that the old measurement system was still widely used, even 11 years after its official replacement.

Source: Der Turist in der Schweiz | Löffelplan

Old Measurement System — Basel, Canton of Zurich

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