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> > 1 meter = one ten-millionth of the distance from the pole to the equator
> > measured along the prime meridian.
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> Except that the french, being french, got it wrong as usual. It was
> supposed to be but they measured it incorrectly!
I thought it was along the equator, not a meridian. The equatorial circumference being a lot bigger that the pole-to-pole one. I suppose I could look it up...but who really, really cares?