1795 in science

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The year 1795 in science and technology involved some significant events.

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[edit] Metrology

  • April 7 - The gram is decreed in France to be equal to “the absolute weight of a volume of water equal to the cube of the hundredth part of the metre, at the temperature of melting ice.”[2]

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  1. ^ Not published until 1809.
  2. ^ "Decree on weights and measures". 1795. Archived from the original on 24 September 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080924152410/http://smdsi.quartier-rural.org/histoire/18germ_3.htm. Retrieved 02 October 2008. "Gramme, le poids absolu d'un volume d'eau pure égal au cube de la centième partie du mètre , et à la température de la glace fondante" 
  3. ^ McNeill, Ian (1972). Hydraulic Power. London: Longman. ISBN 0-582-12797-1. 
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