...of weight, and of capacity would all be connected decimally. " And thus," as Sir John Herschel says, "the change which would place our system of linear...basis, would at the same time rescue our weights and our measures of capacity from their present, utter confusion, and secure that other advantage, second...

...one"thousandth of their present lengths would give us :in ideally per"fect system of linear measure, and rescue our weights and meas"ures of capacity from their present utter confusion." It is said on good authority,* tlrit the British yard as a standard of length is not established by...

...directed. The complete sentence, of which Mr. Spencer quoted one half, as above, is as follows : " And thus the change which would place our system of...decimally with that system on a regular, intelligible, and easily remembered principle; and that by an alteration practically imperceptible in both cases, and...

...into such relation with the measures of capacity and weight as to regularize them, he goes on : — And thus the change which would place our system of...measures of capacity from their present utter confusion. In presence of the opinion thus expressed and thus supported by evidence, we ought, I think, to hear...

...into such relation with the measures of capacity and weight as to regularize them, he goes on: — " And thus the change which would place our system of...measures of capacity from their present utter confusion," In presence of the opinion thus expressed, and thus supported by evidence, we ought, I think, to hear...

...grain (by legislative measure) by its Vj part a cubic foot of water would weigh a thousand ounces. " And thus the change, which would place our system...confusion, and secure that other advantage, second only to the former, of connecting them decimally with that system on a regular, intelligible and easily-remembered...

...cubic foot of water, and would be approximately equal to 1000 ounces avoirdupois. Herschel says : " Thus the change, which would place our system of linear...decimally with that system on a regular, intelligible, and easily remembered principle ; and that by an alteration practically inperceptible in both cases, and...

...into such relation with the measures of capacity and weight as to regularize them, he goes on: — " And thus the change which would place our system of...measures of capacity from their present utter confusion." In presence of the opinion thus expressed, and thus supported by evidence, we ought, I think, to hear...

...name " (auch as a 'tumbler,' or a 'rummer,' or a 'beaker'), and which " would contain exactly -jJo- part of a cubic foot, with whatever "liquid or solid matter it might be filled." Sir John Herschel proposes to call the half-pint measure, or unit of capacity (containing -j^- part...