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...: Système International d'Unités, SI)''. The system was published in 1960 and was based on the metre-kilogram-second system of units (MKS). There are now ...up>)'' thus, 10mm is preferred to a centimetre, especially in construction and engineering.

...the first known [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveying '''Surveyors''']. Surveying was necessary in '''[[:Category:Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egypt]]''' because th ...cm between the north and west sides - but the difference between the north and east sides is only 6cm!

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