History of Measurement?

Question

I am doing a project and I need some help answering some questions.

1.How did Measuring units come to be?

2.What tools were used?

3.Who were the major contributors to the development of the devices and units used.

4.What major blunders occured because of faulty measurement?

Answer 1

The word measurement comes from the Greek "metron", meaning limited proportion. This also has a common root with the word "moon" and "month" possibly since the moon and other astronomical objects were among the first measurement methods of time.

The history of measurements is a topic within the history of science and technology. The metre (U.S.: meter) was standardized as the unit for length after the French revolution, and has since been adopted throughout most of the world.