The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-09-26

10 hectic. meters " tiio-meter 1000
10 hilo-metsrs 90 rayria.meter tioooo
The same prefixes are used TO desig
nate the decimals. multiples and sub
nultiples in the tables OF weight. area
and capacity. Mill" cent aud
"deci." meaning, i-i000, 100 and 10.
md "deka. "hecto." "kilo" and "myria'
meaning. 10. 100. 1000 aud 10000. Of
the unit in each case The unit of
weight is the gram, equal to milliliter
Q.io00 Of litcr,) equal TO | cubic
cent?. meter Of water weighed under the
established conditions for scientific ex.
periments. The gram equals about
$40 grains Of tho common system.
the kilo-gram 1000 grams equals , 2-l0
pounds. The liter of water weighs |
kilo gram. The liter" is the unit Of
capacity. [cabic liquid measure. the
"stere" of volume. (eubic dry measure
the are of area. and tho meter of
length. The meter equals $40 feet
English. nearly, and the are is the
square dcka-neter. that is. about 33
feet square. containing 100 square me-
ters The hectare. 200 ares. Is cqus
ca nearly q acres. English
From the circular 10 which We re-
fcsrcd. We extract the following:
In a memorial Of The International
Association for obtaining uniform dec
imal system Of Measures, Weights and
Coins. presented TO Hon Benjamin Dis
raeli. Chancellor of Her Malesty's Ex-
chcqucr. in March. 1859. it is estimated
that the adoption of the Metric System
would save in the management of the
London 4 Northwestern Railroad. fl0.
600 te3o. ooo) . year; and in tho various
departments Of Her Malessy's Govern
ment not less than 500. 900 -. 500, 0o0l
every year When We consider that
this computation Was made 10y compe-
tent authorities. and remember that
the amoun, named would be saved every
year by single railroad. II is evident
thta the total saving made by the sdop-
ton Of the Metric weights aud meas
urcs would be most incredibly large
The same proportionstc saving would
b ELECTED in every market, store. fac.
TORY. counting room. and in short. every
whore. for in business life nearly every
svntenos spoken or written CONTAINS
some expression Of quantity"
Nearly every other nation Of Eu-
rope having led the way Russia Is
about adopting the Metric weights aud
measures. The special committee which
10 sitting at ST, Petersburg. a, the head
quarters Of the Russian Imperial Tech
meal Society, have no, only come t.
the conclusion that such an innovation
would lie useful. bur have also emphAi
scally declared that the present Is the
Citing momcn. for the introduction al
the metric system. They think that
the change ought 10 hc accomplished
within two years. IL is a remarkable
fact that Americans, with all their
boasted readiness In adop, labor~savius
inventions. and having led the world in
the use Of decimal currency. should
be one Of the very last nations of tbs
globe g. adopt what john oaiucy
Adams. in his official FepeT,, pronounce,
the greatest invention 81 human ingen-
aity since thu, of printing. and great
er labor saver than steam.
THR Hon. James Yates an English
man. after prosrse,ed inquiry and Ia.
ves,i LEGATIONS in the schools sud among
those hest able 10 Judge ot the matter
reported sha, the complete adoption "a,
the decimal, IN place % tie present
English weights and measures. would
save t~o full years In the stLool-lige %
every child educated In car eaau,ry
the saving would he something less. t-e-
GAUSS CT our adoption of the decilaa
currency. but the most conservative
teachers acknowledge thu. something
tihe thie amount of me would be save