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!" AsN sAsIAsW OF WEIGHTS
AsO eAEA>otkSsS-
the oill thai suddenly passed the House OF
Representatives on the 11th Instant, lcssaliz-
1n;, Tie use Of the Fscn"h system of weights
anu measures Is attracting considerable at
lchll"1' VIC cannot believe that the House
had anF more serious object 10 view tbaa to
awaken the curiosity Of the public aud set
the people to thinking mud investigating tho
subject. Certainly the country Is far from
bring ready for the adoption Of the French
system Of weights and measures.
/ ATcrE serious objection to Mr.. kasson' $
scheme IL. tlal 1t stbvcrts and destroys our
units Of computation. The foot. pound and
sallon' The values Of which arc known to the
"to1c Anglo saxon family OF eighty millions
OF sous, are Wiped tut and obiiteratcd. and
IN theiE place NC have the metre for The foot,
inc @"egram ior tht pound. and The 'i'er for
Inc gallon bnt The proportion TINT each
ecais 10 our STANDARDS Is 80 aiueIen1 That a1l
our ideas Of weight, distance anu measures arc
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n n.a'o t4'eas" - 1iu - eq"isa'cne !"
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",.'onetn "a " ,ue 4'.ufaut.
w ~ luz uec,u'a, 'uu'''pies "' s''e
n'..a "st,e ana 80 -. 'ae uu'le VI o.nef measures
s1 1om ~ NV .. oteen "e's NV ao"!'seu'
".r. 80 .."1'S ~ t''"es "s' n tv' ..'"e,'
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~ 'ns ue,'sa. .,'a l.a.s .nc p'ehNcs "ese ~
s,n ~ "uA LUZ 1.a,n, an W msc,' INC nea"'''s
-. pa, pa'' e'"'' 1,ten i'al' m"'' i.1o'' part
- A.'''le.re ~ i'on' "eslcs' or something
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4'''es. ....
Inc unit OF sanar" measure Is square ae.
t""tf'er 9r loe squire metres, anu Is called
1 I'LL NFf. IL Is Ef}il1l 10 klp.bD1l Etu2FE wards,
OF nearly ohc-ieftic!h OF an English acre, or
lo"r s4ha.e RODS inc 7efe Is 4 measure pa:'
t'cn4a1lf lntehuea Tor tfc wood, etc, ana Is
equal 10 caoic metre. IL Is lcss than one
haN cord
Inc are Is thc measure lor capacity both
OF h1a'us anu Fcsc1abscs. LIS contents are
equal 10 The cuoe o' "ne-trnth part OF the
Attte, hclnS equal 10 61,ol6 cnbic inches, OK
i'N'o, quarts anu q der0t'tFt Is tea Aters. or
aFhdlns baa ifact1on, equal 10 two gallons,
one QUAR- ana aoont elll. the dec4aiter Is
haie mafe 1han tenth OF quart or four
Hl1A OF eitl, While The Mu7a'tcr contains
lo'No itcrs, equal 10 9,t4l American gal.
ions, OF nearly - hogshcads.
The yramme, spelled by Webster gram, is
!tc untl OF weight. and 'se1uai to tho weight
Of cube OF pure water, each edge Of which
1
II Is equal to Is grains and 432 one-thou
sandths, or in other words one ounce nroir
dupois Is equal 10 twenty grams and thfr:
ty'iour.hundredihs Of 4 gram. A deca
gram il ten grains, or nearly one-thlrI Of at
ounce, and C. heeto-ram Is S.5o1 ounces, Of
ra1hcr more than tho nth of pound. A
ktlogram is 2-sOis5 pounds, or two pound:
and q fiflh nearly, while . myria
D nj ia u
Thus il is seen that the successive mn1t1
pies arc designated ly the prcflSes deea. Aeeto
kao aud s"yna-thc parts ty tleei, cent? an,
: '"'hi- Ey the French system one common
Ehit lsas'.d on subdivision Of the earth h's sur
'acc. furnishes kcy 10 tic size and capacity
all metrical weights and measures TIL
simplicity "i the system is apparent where
IL adopted, and the people cducated to it
list Eut il would cost great deal mor
mensa1 et'ort and loss Of time to reduce III
Amerlcan weights and measures into thei
: srnch metr,eai values t''an TO make the orig
! maj calculations Win Our present afh'1raF
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&C LONG MEASURES.
Is II Congress wants to simplify our weigh
y | and measures. IL must respect tho eSisiil
lc units. 4 great reform might be effect
q, | without much arrangement or incony eniens
ii We raw three s.barlrycprns1' make m inc
le | Twelve inches one foot, three feet on. ya1
il five and half wards, or sixteen and a L,
u fect. one md. fol,r rods one chain. ten chai
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