COMMISSION DES POIDS ET MESURES, Instruction abrégée sur les mesures, 1793

First edition.
The Temporary Commission of Republican Weights and Measures was created during the French Revolution. Its role was to implement the standardization of the metric system, a major scientific and political project. This work is an instructional manual that served to disseminate and adopt the new units of measurement based on the meter, explaining their principles and use.