Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-05

land then?'' e's"s Al eng
~, Edward I died and Edward II came to
Fa;, HSi asnrone during the reign of Philip the
Edward l brought in the fourteenth con.
Phiy;. PEgriyy: He DC died in 1907 So that is when
III ninP p, tYne Fourth reigned. Philip the Fourth
ana arl lPhillp the Fair, I'll remember that
r,rriod Inc dreadful Isabella, whom Edward II
aIiiGI, Ct 81, was the daughter of Philip w."
"ono i,he n TO study in this way" said Bessie.
one thing helps on another. and Il doesn't
slrg me, so. This reviews nv history. and
seono.,aSi ene Saoles seem of so much more con.
9Wat now for the metric system"
of the e;abtnas tn was done until the latter part
70 tsrn. vne eighteenth century, when another at
tempt @ Co make a change proved snccessf,i
t hHls Iiine the French proposed to Great Ri;
Va Iln that each should furnish an eoua number
ing and let from rom their two societies of learn
OF measurements But the Rrt;oh one cotsil sysoeLn
ment dld not help the cause on. So tbe Eronoh
p;Jad ahead by themselves, and finally de-
odont9 o,Iea upon the metric system. They also
stTctod a a new system of weight and con
measure; and of the gramme for weight Theaa 1heaa
s.adpuarus snd t We're placed in the French archives
Is6 Ia0, 'he government adopted the svstem in
do o. 90, you see, if wise men are willing to
us to nena nnuon 70 determine suitable ways for
us 10 measure and weigh things we S1reI,, 81,
ought to be ready to avail hS, n,,nthSi we surrey
ed tb;s &c. II an nations had at once adont-
Su 'ilis systematic and simple wav Of mo- Si,,.
hrss; LIZ weighing great deal .of nuzz1;na
ent generation" "' spared the pres
bessie mad now become ouita ;,+ou.,
ofe of oa sIanced down at her book With s ana
OF coming pleasure WIN teellng
mea,, noener sensible feature is these naroo ~
Greek words, which At IU,ne o,ne rom rom Latin and
aiong' @ Tor modern languages bps bano 'he cause
onal tnany words words derived from these ia aireaoy
ones- L ne metric system is based TWO DEAD
ne fron, pan from the old Instead If start, a.
corn. a hand S"ore ou measurement. like a barley.
,oie, aJu ene matter in hand agreed ANIME VINO
he noie lax sahe 5ne distance from the ennator -,
"Hor anp dlyide it by ten million W
,ouid tbev aDsaru!: meas exclaimed Bessie. How
lDle TO get to the poles ?'' Nv ohe mas been
Il Hey Me- qia not do it In just that wav - Ia,.,,
- i! Mirs. Langton, Though the len%ti I'd lsugn- %
nerld1an between Dunkirk and Rarso Rsoh Oh the
certa;r lieasgreI EASY vi course they alread1 hsJ
,ouid make tSeir Se measurement by which they
= nap, ana you will see that DunI;r, 1n Ihe
6 g E perhaps), in the north espened
!, 81, rance Is exactly north of BarceIoIl part
a'1rse Y ;nst nroin eae equator to the pole Is ~
he earth by b'tioar.n t5s IN OF the distance around
ions were based upon this, thonUb va. caicua, ,
lot De aple ~ TO understand how The resi. WIN WIN
,ntalned. This measurement of tbe 1saI. rnnr; Mas
VS; V% referred to a committee of twentv in IN
% vnleh several Of the governments of Sont n
ished nne f0pf of tSe Sere represented France fur
more careful measurement, maJs ~ ! believe
lay, proved the old one to be sIgbtla ;aoe ia.er
urate. However that is of little ;mnoyy+ mac
he h thing N is to have certain standard adoet oOt
SI py yrastaS a scyteb;n%snts tb;a Now wonder which
w s1Vom ts;l 'nis linear table first, you or I?s
= think l ought. Bessie because ALREADY
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