The meter did come from Paris: the dimension of nature

Back in 1983, it was established that the meter is the length of the distance traveled in vacuum by light in a time interval equal to 1/299792458 seconds. In 1960 the meter was redefined in terms of the wavelength of red light coming from a source of Krypton 86.

The meter did come from Paris: the dimension of nature
The meter was established in 1983 as the length of the distance traveled in vacuum by light in a time interval equal to 1/299792458 seconds. One meter was redefined in 1960 in terms of the wavelength of red light coming from a source of Krypton 86. Image by dlsd cgl from Pixabay