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I didn't - but the history of standard measurement units goes back centuries.
The drive to make all countries uses the SI units for trade, science and engineering is very recent and continuing.
A parallel development is that of standard screw-threads and fastenings dimensions, pioneered particularly by the 19C British engineer Sir Joseph Whitworth.
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