Before the adoption of the metric system and the standardization of measurement units, trade and science were hindered by measurement ambiguity leading to error and fraud. From the standard definition of the metre in 1791, to the French law of 1795 on weights and measures enacted during the French Revolution, to the foundation of the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures in 1875, and to the establishment of the International System of Units (SI) in 1960, measurement standards and methods have been continuously refined and this process will most certainly never end (BIPM, 2019, Franceschini et al., 2019, p. 49-51).

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