The Metric System; Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Manufactures, United States Senate, Sixty-Seventh Congress, First and Second Sessions, on S. 2267, a Bill to Fix the Metric System of Weights and Measures as the Single Standard of Weig (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1922 Excerpt: ... exclusively throughout all the laboratory, but for the solid values the regular system is used. The uet opinion, after all is said, is that for all technical work the laboratory prefers the metric system because of its obvious value in reducing errors and work. National Research Council, Washington, D. C.. December 15, 1921. Moved that the National Research Council is in favor of the extension by law of the use of the metric system in commercial transactions in the United.States. Adopted. This action of the council may, of course, be referred to and made public by you in any way you please. Vernon Kellogg. Permanent Secretary. National Academy Of Sciences. Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D. C., December 1, 1921. Any measure that might now be passed is tolerably certain to need modification and amendment before the end of the probationary period. I received a report from the Committee on Weights and Measures and Coinage, which was authorized to act for the National Academy of Sciences, approving bill S. 2267. Charles D. Waixott. President. Arstracts From Letters Of Disarmament Conference Delegates. Washington Disarmament Conference, British Empire Delegation. January 27. 1922. In reply I desire to say that if it were found possible to standardize weights and measures throughout the world, it would facilitate trade, which, in opinion, would in turn promote common interests and peace among nations. G. F. Pearce, Australian Representative. British Empire Delegation, February 2, 1922. I am in favor of this reform (adoption of a universal system) just as I support every measure which tends toward the unification of the human race, and the breaking down of needless and therefore mischievous distinctions between nations. John W. SAlmond, Conference on Limitati...