Who knew this went back to the 1700s

Meters
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/america-has-been-struggling-metric-system-almost-230-years-180964147/

Tall
http://www.metricationmatters.com/who-invented-the-metric-system.html

1.6 something
https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/length/feet-to-meter.html