This is a disambiguation page. French unit could refer to any of:
- French units of measurement An overview of units of measurement in France
- French units of measurement (to 1795) used in France until 1795.
- Mesures usuelles, used in France until 1839.
- International System of Units, the basis of the modern 'metric', or SI, system of units.
Famous quotes containing the words french and/or units:
“In comparison to the French Revolution, the American Revolution has come to seem a parochial and rather dull event. This, despite the fact that the American Revolution was successful—realizing the purposes of the revolutionaries and establishing a durable political regime—while the French Revolution was a resounding failure, devouring its own children and leading to an imperial despotism, followed by an eventual restoration of the monarchy.”
—Irving Kristol (b. 1920)
“Even in harmonious families there is this double life: the group life, which is the one we can observe in our neighbour’s household, and, underneath, another—secret and passionate and intense—which is the real life that stamps the faces and gives character to the voices of our friends. Always in his mind each member of these social units is escaping, running away, trying to break the net which circumstances and his own affections have woven about him.”
—Willa Cather (1873–1947)