Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-08-19

From Tie Boston Transcript.
weights and Measures.

r., i,,,,..,
L,. l.,,,r ,' ""' N'-oI"uH movement
frJ i,..t. t,r',',uI I'LL lo'l the tnI-
ll,,. t..,,,,,,,, '''-' general use
I OF v.i.ht. ,,I va 1'''ndi system
III. t.....I.,..t5'.' 't'.' measures lhr system
,,o ,iI "", '"n2tesS hine years
4 ,,ri,.ci,,.I .,'...,',5,, 80 ~uuPted ~ our
lul,I,,! Y. ,Ir,,l.' ,'.9I.N "o'Ns' ne American
bic. ''''''''"' N''h the prInci-
,n,,,.in,,.' Vii. u1 "''"ou1 oclh9 clearly
IN tn ,jp,,,r.., ,'I a appears
. blr. u,u,.I,- ,ha, - i,''','''' oi our IA
4 -nt,r min. ,.,.,,,-,,,i 'i. A'N0I"l currency
7 hoib II ,,.,,,..,,..r,'.., W "iic>Pohull-
: relation. I'm c,,.r ,,i,.. .i 80 '''t de'Ilhai
c.nt.irn.tcr I,n-i,.,i, vi" mn meter.
/ c,,r.i.,,,,,, a., ; ''c Hi'i-lSran,
ui,.r No. -jIi,'. IT. '"O I'"l'IItcr' cent
1 ,v,fr,r II n..f,,i,, tIt"'e the metric
pcrt.ctIv ,in,,,I.- eN- inns
nftycly,. vy,rI. ali i,',, I composed
! llugulur inns ,,.,ar = .,'N Ti@lsh
mill. c.p,i,l,,cr in nil thermometer
dehu. ii decade. h..,.rn N i ,'iu u1tht
Il 'hil1L ,,,',;.' ''Oto ~ hccAtomb, kllo
ter ,r.,,, in ,n'; "tcr IN lItramc-
\, I'LL, , 0'Nte' uic p are
th.. .,.Si.., i, :" o''t eo9'"Pe' Although
.rh,-'II n''.,.,,- - ''.'s IN pech taught ~ our
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,,occ,..,r,.,, ,..lt ~ '''n- i really
,l,,,r..' ,,,t;a T. lP'tN a"i h"nen-
,''' "ie MNh WH''h Wearc already familiar.
may b.. learned il, d, ,..,,. t,,,. , nm ''es
al iulI >i/rl utn,l..Is ,r,,..,., .t. .'' 1T
WI done ia C,ar,,,,.,- I. IL -
troducfiou in tI,.,t cnrrtr,. IA. Is., - - ~
tne >hnp yindn,vs 4, ,o !" fl
twenty frrf IN Tho. bu.i,,e.s No., -, ~
without >.rin0 betnr,. ILL.,, sn' y
full->Il.l rh,rt. ,,l ,r.,'I't rOS 8
wejgl,l. and ,n.,srrcy Wi,t '''' '"'''t.
,tantly In view. tbn ,nn.t i.,o,r.'',
found no diflicpItv i, u,I.r.,I,',l;r II,
decimal system ,vhar.,s ,L, t"I
English system. nny, 'usah; eal.cu u
tery even to such 4. m,v ha,.n 1872 ',iS
d,len rears ,,s s,.i'a,'i,J ''J nav c"Joyed
,u- ~ uletrlc taoIes, Charles Sumner said
metric system of weigbts ana 'naos,,r, -
What a contrast 10 M. antarior cnntnsia,,
\ nov at school co, -, - >'oli
tenn ~ an afternoon. Months if not wears
ei"uo" ~ Hlo" away the perpleXltleS,
lhcoHSiultes, and Inconsistencies of the
existing weights and measures AMI ,h.n
the memory tnn.t of,a,, r;i 4;
them. Inc mystery of compound arithme-
~ = ''9cHtidI IN tle calculation which
theN require All this is done away bv the
decimal pTOVreS sion so thar IN. ars, .a,,,
ruIps of q orith,,at;o ALI, ,...1 'N'
:. q" ''''ic'tC art ample iOr the pu-
pms.
4 circular contoini,,,, A., .,.,
ing The slgner> to use the metric Syste,n ac
tcl '1H ~ lo'o, mas been sent TO all the
elites ana towns in the United States cnn
taiuinp upWards of "a oon ;Ih;.
Ev.r,t o;,, 80 -. cO'0'N 'hliaoitdits'
H'''S Si'f VI to"l SO iaf canVassed has /
returned overwhelming maOrities Ma
iOrities had preyousIv haan saonra1 g. ,
New Ork, Chicago, BROOKLYN Boston 81
p"i'iioic. IoTtiand, Newport, &c, (
anu from over thirty other cities and towns
cooperation has baen nromisad Tho nn,,,
har ar si,,,a,,,ra, n t. iio num-
- 81 VI atchitects from BoS- |
of the profession.
me NEW TABLES.
The following simples give all tha.o !,
in the metric or decimal svsteu 81 49,.
and measures: - e'sh'S