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Mètre étalons at 36 rue de Vaugirard, Paris, France
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At 36 rue de Vaugirard is one of the last remaining 'mètre étalons' (standard metre bars) that were placed all over Paris more than 200 years ago in an attempt to introduce a new, universal system of measurement.
Meter installed by the Convention in 1796. It is one of the two meters (among the 16 originally) still in place in Paris.
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