 | 1863 - 728 sider
...because valuable observations made in one country are in a great measure lost to another from the labour required to convert a series of quantities into new...introduced in scientific literature, and in that case it would probably extend itself by degrees amongst the commercial classes without much legislative... | |
 | 1863 - 560 sider
...because valuable observations made in one country are in a great measure lost to another from the labours required to convert a series of quantities into new...introduced in scientific literature, and in that case it would probably extend itself by degrees among the commercial classes without much legislative pressure.... | |
 | 1863 - 982 sider
...because valuable observations made in one country are in a great measure lost to another, from the labour required to convert a series of quantities into new...introduced in scientific literature, and in that case it would probably extend itself by degrees amongst the commercial classes without much legislative... | |
 | 1863 - 566 sider
...because valuable observations made in one country are in a great measure lost to another from the labours required to convert a series of quantities into new...desire general uniformity.. The change might easily he introduced in scientific literature, and in that case it would probably extend itself -by degrees... | |
 | 1864 - 382 sider
...sufficient difference between the letters we employ." National Uniformity of Weights and Measures. — " Another subject of a social character which demands...introduced in scientific literature, and in that case it would probably extend itself by degrees amongst the commercial classes without much legislative... | |
 | William George Baron Armstrong, Isaac Lowthian Bell, John Taylor, Thomas Richardson - 1864 - 480 sider
...because valuable observations made in one country are in a great measure lost to another from the labour required to convert a series of quantities into new...introduced in scientific literature, and in that case it would probably extend itself by degrees amongst the commercial classes without much legislative... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1864 - 1112 sider
...because valuable observations made in one country are in a great measure lost to another from the labour required to convert a series of quantities into new...be introduced in scientific literature, and in that ease it would probably extend itself by degrees amongst the commercial classes without much legislative... | |
 | John Taylor - 1864 - 112 sider
...commerce is also impeded by the same cause, which is productive of constant inconvenience and mistake The metric system has already been adopted by other...conform with France, if we desire general uniformity. ... I am convinced that the decimal division of the French scale would be attended with great convenience... | |
 | 1865 - 372 sider
...the labor required to convert a series of quantities into new denominations. International coinmerce is also impeded by the same cause, which is productive...introduced in scientific literature, and in that case it would probably extend itself by degrees amongst the commercial classes without much legislative... | |
 | 1865 - 372 sider
...be regretted that two standards of measure so nearly alike as the English yard and the French mètre should not be made absolutely identical. The metric...introduced in scientific literature, and in that case it would probably extend itself by degrees amongst the commercial classes without much legislative... | |
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... required to convert a series of quantities into new denominations. International commerce is also impeded by the same cause, which is productive of constant inconvenience and frequent mistake. It is much to be regretted that two standards of measure... 
