Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1867-03-08
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The Decimal system Of Measures.


standard measures. Mr.. r - j. vel
knosu 10 be man % scientiic a. aiumcnis.
and enc ~ho has made speoal s.Ody 81
What may be eiIca Praeiieal rnAihemaiiss !.
but. With al resPec, FOR this gentleman. Il
does not secn, % us that his system a. an
socompliSbss what Nc have right % ex
pet from a charge. A. ne understand
the rcquirvusent. We ought % gain two
thisss srst, a syssrn ~hich shsli De sia-
pie and uniform in Itself. 80 thar al Lengths.
weights and measures. both 81 areas and
capacities shall be de,lucib'e from single
nni,. and thai BY ruiforn ratio sd sec
ondly. thar we shall have a system Uniform
With the standard European anti. % ,hs'
the rules. tables ard exr-.rirarai dsta a
fOrrign mathematical. pAysical and cheui-
cal ~Orks. NAV b.. n the easiest uaaunsr.
made available for our use. Nsaher 81
these reqsirrsnents - obtained by the -
ten Of AR. Bliss. lie makes tho sars his
standard for length. and disisie- q decimal
IL next. he makes thc foot hts Standard. or
uni;. for solid asrasure; - that hetwcen
the lengths ard areas. and the cshcs. NC
have no uniformity whatever, and the only
ohaaSe ~ make Is IRON ar irregular - STEM
With which Ne are acquainted. % a. irreg-
ular one with Which ~e sre not acquaintc3.
Bot. even Il Mr. Bliss HAD the yard. o.
foot. as . ssngle unH iron wsich % dedace
lengths. a-ess. cubes. Weights and eapaci-
tie- By a eons,an, rztio. ~ Do not then ct
the second. ard By 10 man. least. Of our
re9ui-cments. -uniio-niitv 18th The Eu-cr-
ear sfsndard. tie metre The French ~iii
not chance their standard 90 make their
svss~ra .nssrn -ish -osn- ne~ one Which
- mar sdop; thy have ~ need % MAXI
q charge. bat a. certainlv have neesl ior
better sv-s.rn. ahd IL : qrite likely hat
shall soon get "a. aad ), seems O. 80 ths
ne bad beglsr AdoPs for our uait tie nstr,
- ~en kn0~u AID o generally used Amos.
Europeans. AID not undertske % roapl-
cate matte-- -sIH fsrther By dividing O.
ward 1ecimally. NJ Bi-- rcma-ks hat
tie foo: :. u--d By most % The Eurupe,'
Ea.ions. by using the foot asaui 80 ado
= common term: bat lis common ter.
means lu-t noiain.. inasun-h - 40 -
standard Earopran fe,t are alk~ II
French Ssadar'l.--ih- uaetre. - cqaal
% 3 csStt4 Paris feei.
90 2S0Se9 Encli~k fr~f.
O. 1892 Prus.ian iert.
90 5S7SS2 CASTELAR, feet.
ari 20 : fz1Jas V;enna sect
Mr.. Bii~s -riects ihe ysrd - q uni; b.
cause 9th manner IN vhich q = lot. NJ
BY rneassri,g tb~ lcnsih 81 paddle
which shsil vibr.f~ scconds ~ mean iir,e
a vscnura. A. . gwen te-nprrsfure. and a.
civ-n lafrnde. ~ 80 level ~ tisc sca a.
al 81 thi- scund. r,igtfv exact and sri~n,
r.; bu, vher. n 1884 ihe B-iii-h .'sn.
sd vss DESTROYED by srr. +, -. f,u-d 10
possible. even - 20 god an observer
ts0' kafer. 20 restore the vars with
The exactne-s d-n,nael by srisr~c
means 81 r-nlulu-n. ard tie rcst1-aii,
vas fnaHv made m 81 arbitrary ni.ruerf
- Government Thu tie setting ap OF
standard yari By r-avIfv is rot q r-ac,.c
go SD "t '
subdivisions ard n-utirles a., ,he gene.
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