1 ▁lo od ▁( le ad ) ▁= ▁ 1 0 ▁gr ams ▁ 1 ▁w igt je ▁( small ▁weight ) ▁= ▁ 1 ▁gram ▁ 1 ▁kor rel ▁( gra in ) ▁= ▁ 0 . 1 ▁gram ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 1 6 , ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁and ▁France ▁were ▁the ▁only ▁countries ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁that ▁were ▁using ▁variations ▁of ▁the ▁metric ▁system . ▁By ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 6 0 s , ▁the ▁German ▁Z oll verein ▁and ▁many ▁other ▁neighbour ing ▁countries ▁had ▁adopted ▁the ▁metric ▁system , ▁so ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 9 ▁the ▁modern ▁names ▁were ▁adopted ▁( W et ▁van ▁ 7 ▁April ▁ 1 8 6 9 , ▁Staats bl ad ▁No . 5 7 ). ▁A ▁few ▁of ▁the ▁older ▁names ▁remained ▁officially ▁in ▁use , ▁but ▁they ▁were ▁elimin ated ▁when ▁the ▁system ▁was ▁further ▁standard ised ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 7 ▁Act ▁on ▁We ights ▁and ▁Me asures ▁( I J kw et ), ▁though ▁the ▁p ond ▁is ▁now ▁used ▁col lo qu ial ly ▁to ▁mean ▁half ▁a ▁kil ogram . ▁ ▁Modern ▁metric ▁system ▁ ▁Today ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁uses ▁the ▁International ▁system ▁of ▁units ▁( SI ). ▁ ▁N omen cl ature ▁The ▁metric ▁system ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁has ▁virt ually ▁the ▁same ▁nom en cl ature ▁as ▁in ▁English , ▁except : ▁▁ ▁the ▁"- er " ▁sp elling ▁is ▁used ▁( e . g . ▁kilometer ), ▁ ▁there ▁is ▁no