Claude Boniface Collignon

Claude Boniface Collignon (died 1819) was a French attorney who contributed to scientific and social reforms in the time of the French Revolution. He was a member of several European academies of sciences, though not the French Academy of Sciences. In 1788 he proposed the introduction of decimal time.[1] In 1790, perhaps disappointed that the French government had not immediately rewarded him for the plan, he sent his book to George Washington, and proposed to introduce his system in the US. [2]


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  1. ↑ Découverte d'étalons justes, naturels, invariables et universels: pour la réduction à une parfaite uniformité de tous les poids et mesures partout, par des moyens simples, avantageux à tout le monde, et faciles à executer
  2. ↑ Letter to George Washington from Claude-Boniface Collignon, 15 March 1790
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