 | George Augustus Walton - 1864 - 376 pages
...39.3685 United States inches; but for ordinary purposes, maybe considered 39.37 inches. «»••II. The Metric System is so called from the METER, which...the weights and measures which it employs. The Meter is the primary unit of length, and equals about 39.37 inches, or nearly 3 ft. 3| in. Upon the Meter... | |
 | George Augustus Walton - 1864 - 364 pages
...be considered 39.37 inches. •»•-!- 1 . The Metric System is so called from the METER, which js the base of all the weights and measures which it employs. The Meter is the primary unit of length, and equals about 39.37 inches, or nearly 3 ft. 3$ in. Upon the Meter... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1872 - 220 pages
...is the Rule for finding the interest on any sum, for any rate? (209.) APPENDIX. METEIO SYSTEM. 221. The Metric System is so called from the meter, which is the unit from which all its weights and measures are derived. It was authorized to be used in the United... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1875 - 216 pages
...is the Rule for finding the interest on any sum, for any rate? (203.) APPENDIX. METRIC SYSTEM. 221. The Metric System is so called from the meter, which Is the unit from which all its weights and measures are derived. It was authorized to be used in the United... | |
 | George Augustus Walton - 1876 - 358 pages
...may be considered 39.37 inches. «>•!- 3 . The Metric System is so called from the METER, which js the base of all the weights and measures which it employs. The Meter is the primary unit of length, and equals about 39.37 inches, or nearly 3 ft. 3| in. Upon the Meter... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1876 - 230 pages
...is the Rule for finding the interest on any sum, for any rate ? (209.) APPENDIX. METRIC SYSTEM. 221. The Metric System is so called from the meter, which is the unit from which all its weights and measures are derived. It was authorized to be used in the United... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1879 - 238 pages
...Kule for finding the interest ••n any sum, for any rate ? (209.) APPENDIX. METEIO SYSTEM. 221. The Metric System is so called from the meter, which is the unit from which all its weights and measures are derived. It was authorized to be used in the United... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1884 - 362 pages
...; —said of an acid. THE METRIC SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS АШ) MEASURES, In the Metric System, the Meter is the base of all the weights and measures which...Meter was intended to be, and is very nearly, one ten-millionth part of the distance measured on a meridian of the earth from the equator to the pole,... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1893 - 234 pages
...? Ans. Whole property, $9000 ; wife received 03000 ; each son, $1000. APPENDIX. METEIO SYSTEM. 221. The Metric System is so called from the meter, which is the unit from which all its weights and measures are derived. It was authorized to be used in the United... | |
 | National Tube Co - 1902 - 362 pages
...746 watts, 0.746 kilowatt. THE METRIC SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. la the Metric System, the Meter is the base of all the weights and measures which it employs. The Meter is the primary unit of length and was intended to be one-ten millionth part of the distance, measured... | |
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The Metric System is so called from the METER, which is the base of all the weights and measures which it employs. The Meter is the primary unit of length, and equals about 39.37 inches, or nearly 3 ft. 
