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![Metric: inspired by revolution](/web/20061029195010im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/med/en/metric_system/metric_10_br_en.jpg)
Thanks to the French Revolution, a new measurement system was born. (Radio; runs 7:54) |
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![Why metric makes sense](/web/20061029195010im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/med/en/metric_system/metric_20_br_en.jpg)
In 1963, a Toronto engineering professor says Canada should go metric. (Radio; runs 9:16) |
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![The metric housewife](/web/20061029195010im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/med/en/metric_system/metric_31_br_en.jpg)
Canada has just announced its official plans for going metric, and CBC's Matinee ponders what this means for Canadian homemakers. (Radio; runs 7:13) |