Abstract
MR. BROOK-FOX does not state accurately, in his letter to NATURE of January 9, what passed in relation to legislation on the subject of Weights and Measures in British India in the years 1870–1871.
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STRACHEY, R. The Metric System. Nature 53, 270 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/053270a0
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