Editing Metrication (section)

===Netherlands (1799–1817)===
The Netherlands (as the revolutionary [[Batavian Republic]]) began to use the metric system from 1799 but, as with its co-revolutionaries in France, encountered [[Mesures usuelles#Rationale behind the new system|numerous practical difficulties]]. Subsequently, as part of the [[First French Empire]] since 1809, the Netherlands used Napoleon's {{lang|FR|[[mesures usuelles]]}} from their introduction in 1812 until the fall of his Empire in 1815. Under the (Dutch) [[Weights and Measures Act]] of 21 August 1816 and the Royal decree of 27 March 1817 ({{lang|NL|Koningklijk besluit van den 27 Maart 1817}}), the newly formed [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]] abandoned the {{lang|FR|mesures usuelles}} in favour of the "Dutch" [[metric system]] ({{lang|NL|Nederlands metrisch stelsel}}) in which metric units were simply given the names of units of measure that were then in use: for instance the {{lang|NL|ons}} (ounce) was defined as 100&nbsp;g.<ref>{{cite book
|url = https://archive.org/details/allereerstegron00ramagoog
|title = Allereerste Gronden der Cijferkunst
|author = Jacob de Gelder
|location = 's Gravenhage and Amsterdam
|language = nl
|year = 1824
|pages = [https://archive.org/details/allereerstegron00ramagoog/page/n364 155]–157
|publisher = de Gebroeders van Cleef
|trans-title=Introduction to Numeracy
|access-date = 2 March 2011}}</ref>