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A student just asked me a question I couldn't answer. (usually I can make up
something convincing). Why is the fundamental unit of mass the kilogram
rather than the gram? In other words, why the prefix on the fundamental
unit. I know it was originally defined as the mass of a liter (or (0.1 m)^3)
of water. Why didn't the French call that a gram. Am I making sense?
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