New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-23

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THANKs.-- Nc are indebted to the officers Of the
steamer Her nv An,es for late St Louis, Louisville
aud Cairo j spers.
Orr than II are given 10 Captain Whitman Of
steamship Monterey, for d Iate New York Herald
The pl rser Of the steamship Texas has cur
lhagks 81 ile Of Galveston papers Of the 2oth,
Fer / 4te Texss papers, We are indebted to the I
officers 81 the steamship ". g. Hewes. mi
Mes sys Hayward and Mailoy, clerks Of ele
ldahf IT, have 0ur thanks for Camden ApA.l ana
Non foe papers.
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FBTGnTs AND MEASURES ~ y selresllns
z fna that Congress haS eilne, II VIZ mss
Y its political jugglergt e 90 sometnlng sen !
ble and beneficial. II me senate pass 1ne house
i'll far inc referna tion OF me system q Weighs
md measures az least one praetigal geea MAl pe
accomplished the systsIn actualiy II uAe 4 ~
complicated that merely e learn Il = iapor
whereas, as the bass OF al caieuiaVohs ~ uusil
to BE Of 50 simple character as 70 commend lt-
ssseli a. onee 70 tile ROSE Ordinary lnesiilsence
&saS stem, Which y suostahtlal'y tnat A ase n
aigiand, q founded aPoh eeFtala afplst'sis aug
fanciful anslogies, which served theif purpose ven
enengh when kaowieag aid not fnEhlsn a an
xarlaole ssataag1' IVY 's.oH =
81 war Win We sols1siAc EheAAoas y ~ 80
SIP 20 ls@o thefe vas NJ iiiYariasis has'ii.AAl
standard 70 Nhlsh appeal hlghs ps macs
for me feenheaaon q Weighs ana meas
1ges. m taas year Farhaaaene passea n
ac ne system ~ lnls sysl
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don Is the standard q measurement. ms penea.
lun being divided INTO saAsss equal pafts, v ~
81 ta9Re parts WAL naa ~ llen " WiiAen
there are twelve e Ihe aots ana ~ on 'hronsn ~
me ooinplieassd ana aIDltrsfy y ~
measures. Ihe STANDARD yafa " hePs ~ als e'ist
tody Of the clerk Of me House @ Commons y
brass rcd, Nhereon W. inseEiptioh ssaiaaafa
yard Ite0 II engTaFea. ayhen eInploSea Ier
1est purposes, ulis fod must ha9e a temperature
alHt5-tMc DEGREES Fahfennelt. ~ tle same act
eupe of=one mon q aistlliea ram Raeef, ~ 9
temperature of al1ty-tWo degrees y . pe aisldea
alfo 1893 sqaai oy sSeight, q 'shieh Ivy
paris Flli ~ 10y gfaln anu guy paris pound
aYaiFaupplss Zen sucn IoQnes. consume an I'M
pefal gaiioia. ne sanaaIa pound tIoy' lnaue u the
year Asos, y AheNlse Aeps % ing cpseoay q Eng
olslA ~ sAs LOUISE 81 commons. osAsE fes
1oA WeFs maze ioE conforming lhs various meas
bean ~ 5Tsv u
ssIiquid measure u ete - ma aseertana stand.
ara This was at aftem,st Fl ,econeilestbe arbi-
trary and efsete systems os feFner times With 4
philosophical method, ana VII IN demands II
science. Itseryed its purpose 10 aeertain extsnt.
5ut there stl remained tile perpfexfties arising
from the great number Of different denominations
in use for particular purposes, and from the fail
ure t. Introduce tie decimal system Of notation.
The possibility III aloss iii Ire standard weights
and measures was removed bnt simplicity, order
and scientific method were not substituted for the
confusion and complication Of the actual system.
france BY he adoption of universal decimal
sygts1l. based Oh IN iuTariabls nature standard,
ma weights ana measures of the civilized world
,,,1s r., fg,;s Yjy,s8 IL a,ssir,ilotsJ
faultess, and 1t ought 10 By adopted BY ali other
countries. Byit all weights ana measures are re-
dueed 10 one basis the linear measure. This
5asis called metre is the ten nilli9nth part 6f
4 quadrant o. 25.Ioo ~ The meridian, (lle
ai=ta5se fron thg equator t6 I'D poIe meas
ursa a along t}e surface of ssiIl water9 eaqal, by
calculation. q three feet, three inches s7I-loDo