Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-11-17


claimed that tue metric System IL o.
purely arbitrary a. any methods Of
measuiemsnts proceeding lts introdnc.
Ton aud M one can deny this with
respect ~ the cnoicc Of starting unit;
mere ia no law Of nature or u Nhn Ia.
ulcating any part Of meridian oil
tue globe ns n bass for aslling cloth or
huyiu nay; but the difficulties con.
nectoi with tbs Otutr systems lie In
the iacts that the unit STANDARD Caun1t
90 replaced n iniufeI, lOsi,0r destroyed
anu that tho fractional AMI multiple
parts OF the unit are diverse AMI con.
fising. BON these OF .ctiuns arc en-.
utely overcome b. the metric sys-
temi Tor this requirement VI tnr
On sen meridian c0uli be ngaiu
Effected " ~ tbs the pfOto we Oi thv
standard loot; aud all TacuOnal aud
multiple secIudafy units aro based
On dee mai graies. II has Ueen an'
~ unceI That the IN tire ~ now aC-
cupttu, IN not In Tualitg an U1hct
1JoJ5o55 VI the Paris mefiiian quad
ta.t, at errors In muasufemr iit ami
calculations have been DISC ivsftd AMI
thal cOutcqueni tue pfOpusol unit Il
tn arcurnt. IL "a tfuo that nj tue
metliian quadrant but su0ut ~ v fu
actually measured, the CalCuii ions
were then made ON tue fupI UsitiUu-
~ that time generally acuuptei-thai
tie cartn IL iu form a. Obl
spherlid with an eliipticty 90
IL Is nov believed that toe iurm uI.Hr
lote IL slighly dititfrlt from lhst
described, aud Il T. calculated that the
pfOiOiype oi the metre N ia reality
au0ui 80 an incn shorter thiut TIC
ac.uhi 4s.sigaJ Of lbe PARIS meridian
quaJrAba adlh "a variation is iuap'
pfugiAbii; ami iulefitrts So no way
with tue pOssihil.ty VI frproU u'iug the
pfcaent mu,re, Zoe tho error j there be
such Ia duo 10 Incorrect pr m ses Tor
the calculation aud MOI 10 mistakes ia
announcement. Furthermore on tue
supp siili that the revised Ideas tc-
gAfu Iny the nguTe VI tue earth IL cui-
rect, the aogepiei metre, while not the
tiuu fraction c.aimsi fr tue Pafis
meridian, IL pracucally tho exact
f5eig5gs " the meridian Of New HOtk
a. p. lhe,e DIT eeusI,n. io'ulted IN
1879 Ia the iuim.tiOu Of sn Inter.
nAti.tHl & mmissiUn which met In
Psrls TO ci quitv into the CORE cinesr or
iuc ffooturss Of tbs melr.cal standard;
! the scope Of thi- fgablzation wus en-.
largei, and IN 1875 permanent Inter.
uauunI Bureau of weigut. anu
MEASURES wss constituted. win head.
quHfturs At Paris.
n ", concerning the simp lefty ~
the systtm. the single u H n, the metre,
~ multiplied aud divided - represent
the secondary uuites 81 length. The
fractions rte teei mated nv the Latin
proHKts dsci, cent? anu mn signify
ing one tenth, ono hund ,,dtn, anu
o . IN usaudth; anu the unultiplits aie
+yutesard ~ the Greek pr nxes
Il IN, hCciD, kiiJ, aru DiytiI. * rHHgl
H., iuu, 1909 atd lu,OJu. TDus the
taulu oi liuvsf measure eau be- memUr-
iz,d IN few miuuier as iOllUw'i
10 millimrtfes make centimetre.
10 crutIme,ter ulakr IscimutIe.
10 dtcimttftt m Ike metre.
10 metres MAXI l Irknmctrc.
lOutkamotfvs M X | hrctOmotre.
~ heciOmstfts make killm-tre.
10 kil0mutfes n Hke | myTiAmetTe.
b way ri CONT arison between tins
iEblt nnu that Of the ordinary English
linuaf measure, let US work u simple
su o. undear each.
REFUGE Nv mics TO terms ~ lover
deLOmina tons; . m'lsps=lG fur.
lonp.;'' il=.i1 rods; 81 = 30 y I'd
xy=l,jjJ isyi; Al.-=l-oi2I inches.
hvie 80 have tve disuuo, multiplica.
/ tom, each with dil rent actor.
| Now reduce two myfiAmutUrs "a cent.
meter: Here we nave 10 dvscrud
through Fix slaheH OF Teluctint, AID
W. Acc0mpiish elcl stage by multiply.
ing by ~, Or simply by adding
clpheu - OiuUO Crutimeters, la ~.
cending Wuuctiun We divide w'h
similar euat-lhus, 10 reduce az o
mIlllmotriH TO metefh We iiviuv -
10 and the answer .t % muitt-,
VI % meters, 2dtcimuteTt,s uuUamgttts
an miilimvltfs,
Having thus obtained our units OF
length, tue square and the cubic
UNITS arc easily derived; mus We
speak VI square meters, uvoimrief-,
crnumetefri millimotufs, uekame-
ter, hectomet-fs, etc. A. we
consider la tqlire measure, ex.
Tension In twuuiteciionz We Increase
or decrease ly factor 100, tbu 100
90. I'm. make ! "a. dm. 10 ~. um.
make u. m ter hLU 70 on.
IL Cuuic measure; 100 q. MN.
maxi | "a. om. loo e. cm. mtkt | Gu.
i'm. 10 c. jim. make Gu. IA.
Tlu uult OF weight 10 thu. derived.
This weight Of one cubic ceugimttfe Of
| pure wafer at lis temperature VI
greatest dopsli y constitutes tue gram,
,qlai 10 1913! grain; Of this unit
fractions auu mlltiples are obtaiueI ~
b tore, mus miiliSramp, ceutigra ms,
decignms, dekagfsms, hecgogmms,
kilograms, sui mggiagtnms.
Many people express 10 { that should
the metric system DO adopted, the
! work Ut tfausiurming rUEdiuga FROM
une syhtem 10 the other would prove
most burdunsomr. Should tho m siric
eystem DO used, We ought 10 s,five t0
render such transformations uuneces-
sary as 800 as possible, by making tho
nuw system universal; tut uutluE the
trauHiuOn period, tho use OF fact ~
showing the r-lptiOn between the two
denominations will ell ct the purpoi O.
AZ examples: 10 transform gram.
into grains u 10. Az; ceutim tres into
inches 8.a03; rtTos into United
States quarts | 0h7; litres into i'm.
psrlal quarts U $50. (rho htre Is
the Common de0iguation oi 1000 cubic
centimelrs msasuTe)
A number Of ia es calling for the
simplcst Of afithmeticsl operations
have been formulated for the rapid