Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-10-10

to the new, and they want their children
to know something about the information
alrmeasures before they are required to
use them. Nothing can give so lasting
and correct conception of a thing as
| direct view of it in its actual proportions;
and with this apparatus the metric val
ues and the whole principles OF the sys-
TEN may be well taught in an hour, but
without it, to attempt to convey clear
idea of the new values by numerical COM
parisOn with the old, is, as every teacher /
knows, tedious and unsatisfactory task, I
! expensive of time and productive of no I
permanent results 1t gives the pupils |
numbers but no ideas The metric sys- |
| tenn is, in design, the greatest invention |
of human ingenuity since that of print
ing; but still, like everything else that is
useful, it has its enemies, but these will
be found to be principally composed of
men who professedly do not know what
lit is. We often hear it said: 81 do not
doubt but that it isya good thing, but it
will be no benefittO me, using the weights
and measures as little as do'; or, 'tWe
get along very well with our present sys-
T tenn, why trouble ourselves with some
thing new''.; and many sayings which
retard its instruction. Indifference is it's
greatest enemy, and if the people would
only familiarize themselves with it to
, very limited extent, then letmemory take
them, back to the sold school-house,' y the
: lessons in compound numbers, the long,
J meaningless words to be committed, and
the school-master, eyer ready to use the
birchen rod, which is lying in a very con-
spicuous place over the blackboard. be-
cause the table such as this was not learn
ed by heart: tt12 inches make one foot, 3
, feet make one yard, 81 yards, or 167a it..
make one rood, perch or pole" ETC., then
; they will see the great beauty and sim
plicity of the metric system. Men thought
they got along well enough with the pen
before the invention of printing. They
did not trouble themselves about electric
ity as means of Communication until
Morse Invented the electric telegraph A
system of weights and measures born of
e philosophy rather than of chance is what
is now sought. To this end old systems
must be abandoned. A system of chance
: can not become universal, Science is
8 universal; therefore, what, is produced
e by science may find home; everywhere,
such a common. system is offered us in the
metric system, A system according to
! l which the weights and dimensions of .ev-
cry material thing, whether solid, liquid
or gaseous, whether on land or on water,
whether on the earth or in the heavens
=. and whether determined by the scale
balance, barometer or Thermometer, are
/ Eo2, hcO1 Eo1T mi,
:, form, entirely simple and resting upon {
single invariable standard of linear meas
ure, with multiples and sub-multiple
d like those of our. monetary system, ex
A. clusively decimal, with appropriate name
r similar in all languages. 1t is secur
Sc against the possibility of change. or los
lie through carelessness by being construct
ed on scientific principles The entir
system may be expressed in a single; sen
Id tenee- Measure. all lengths in. meters, al
s, capacities in liters, all weights in grams
V, using decimal fractions only and sayinj
Of deci for tenth, cent? for hundredth, mill
1t for thousandth, deka for ten, hecto 70
hundred, kilo for thousand and myria 70
ten. Thousand. This comprises the entir
to system, for. surfaces and -bulks are. simpI
to the squares and cubes of; the measure {
y, length. The metric system is compose
n of twelve words, Our present system.
Us composed of about fifty. In order to il
sure these twelve words against.an poss
bility of change andsto have them accep
! able by all natiDns, sthey swere not take
vs. from any modern language, but derive
rer from the Greek and Latin, the two pfil
nd cipal languages of, the ancientworld. "A
he example will show the advantage of II
&c, metric over that of our present system
he Reduce 1543514 inches to miles, furlong
-. etc. The number Of figures in. the op
ration, including the number to be /
be- duced and the answer is seventy-ffve.
rs, The following is Al parallel example
= the metric Reduce 1543514 eentimete
vas to kilometers and meters. There is j
my operation except to, move the deeiM
my point and read. the'resaft thus, Is kI
ia 435. IA m. 1t will take the pupil. in coi
the pound numbers fifteen minutes to. sol
1T the first, but the last he. can do in %
the half as many. seconds. The. followi
'at- may illustrate it better: What is t
/, If weight of 2 cubic rods, 8 cubic yards,
Jar, cubic feet and 40 cubic inches of Goa
/ SOeGA
''' supposed weight of one cubic inch
'.'A water about 262.7453 grains. BY our prt
an ent system, it is impossible to solve t
are problem accurately. $50 figures are i
ing quired in its solution, and fifteen diff,
lin, ent mathematical operations have to,
1t a performed. Examplei metric systeI
mes What is the weight of 257a cubicsmete'
'or- POO cubic deeih1eters, 100 cubic centin
get ters, and 700 cubic millimeters of Goa
as Given, specific gravity of coal 1.27. q ST
hey ty-eight figures are required in. the sol
life ton of this problem and only two diff
Or ent mathematical operations. The abe
! in is but a fair comparison of the two S,
the TENS. Let us notice what a confusi
1884 there Isl in our gallon There are. % g
ow, Ions in a barrel of CIDER SO in a barrel
d as ale, 80 in a barrel of fish, AZ In a fierce
e to wine,. oil, etc., SO in hogshead of wi
81 in hogshead of.beer, "a in a punehe
ne of wine, 8 in "a bushel of grain, and
8 any os on, ad libitupl. The dry gallon conta
aoIJ the convenient number of 268 4-5 Gu
orth inches, the wine gallon 23I cubic inch
low and the beer gallon 282 cubic inch
'ihts These all vary, and it is so with
weights and measures. These, howev
7s are ''mete trifes, " and we care moth
10 about them. We are satisfied to KIN
g" that we have about the worth of
az. 90 money and are not particular to have /
70 feet measurments and balanced scales
90 Indeed, it is quite convenience, fol
coz enables us to treat our neighbors as
% O. early settlers of the New Netherla
treated the Indians when every Dut
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