Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Decimal Association , Council
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Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Great Exhibition of 1851 proved to be the catalyst for the birth of the public argument for decimalization in Britain. At the close of the exhibition the Society of Arts gave a presentation in support of a decimal system in order to bring into line all the weights and measures currently used by various European countries into harmonisation. The International Association and its British branch were formed in 1855.