...weights and measures, which is the only official system of the present United States Pharmacopoeia, is supposed to have originated in the fertile mind...legalized in the United States and Great Britain in 18(56, but neither country has as yet officially adopted them, although the prosj>ects for such desirable...

...Bureau is jointly maintained by the principal civilized governments as members of the Metric Convention. The use of metric weights and measures was legalized in the United Kingdom in 1897. LENGTH Unit — the centimetre, i/ioo of the international metre, which is the distance,...

...Bureau is jointly maintained by the principal civilized governments as members of the Metric Convention. The use of metric weights and measures was legalized in the United Kingdom in 1897. LENGTH Unit — the centimetre, 1/1oo of the international metre, which is the distance,...

...SI units - derived from these base units, iltiples and submultiples are exessed in a decimal system. Use of metric weights and measures was legalized in the United States in 1866, and our customary units of weights and measures are defined in terms of the meter and the...

...because of Table 7.5 SI Base and Supplemental Units their simplicity and ease of manipulation. Although the use of metric weights and measures was legalized in the United States as long ago as 1866, Americans have in general preferred the traditional English system of measurement...

...weights and measures, which is the only official system of the present United States Pharmacopo?ia, is supposed to have originated in the fertile mind...brightening. In 1878 the use of the metric system of weights and measures was made obligatory in the medical department of the United States Navy, and...