Show urge adoption of metric system in a report made to the house of representatives by the committee on c inage coinage weights and measures m which favored the adoption of the metric system by the government gu eminent of the ilie united states it was pointed out that cording to estimate made by the bureau of education mid ushers two thirds of a year ear would he be saved med i by the adoption of the metric arithmetic it li is also alo avi averred averred ns as ft a matter of evidence that the metric system and an d its application to the lie solution tinn of problems may be learned in one tenth of the time required for gaining equal facility in the use of iff the lie ni illi system of weights slid and mea uras washington star |