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STRENUOUS efforts are being made by the American Metrological Society to secure the adoption of the Bill making the use of the metric system obligatory in the United States after a specified date. Letters have been sent to all who are interested in the question, soliciting their help and influence, and petitions are being numerously signed and sent in to Representatives. The Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, of the House, recently reported unanimously in favour of the Bill, and the introduction and conclusion of their interesting report are reprinted in Science, from which source the subjoined summary has been made.
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The Metric System in the United States. Nature 54, 42–44 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/054042a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/054042a0