Show THE METRIC SYSTEM GLENWOOD kovler co utah april 7 1896 I 1 see by your valuable paper tha abat t there is quite an effort being made just now both by our state and the national legislature to establish a decimal system of weights and measures ures I 1 presume lc is Is the french system that la is being urged upon the people no dioutt a decimal system woula be a grand consummation but the french system has hasa a great many bad features which could be remedied td by establishing a meter of exactly 40 inches instead of which gives an endless amount of trouble in converting converging in inches jober test feet yards sto etc into the be metric system it 40 inches were adopted we would have a system like the tol following lowing I 1 metar 40 in 1 10 meter 4 tin in 1100 l JOO meter 4 in 16 10 meters semi chain nearly too loo in in meters semi aemi failong nearly la a this would be too linear measures but as we have no superficial nomenclature in this country or in england I 1 will pass it by the cubic system of decimal cumbers is not copel stent with mathematical science as solids vary as the cube of their sided hence bones they ibey should run notte thousands hundred thou thousands sande site etc the cubic system would be as am follows follow I 1 motor meter cubed cn bed cubic in motor meter cubed 1 1 I hand 64 cubic cable in 1100 1 motor d 64 cubic in now we will have a system of cars oily city as follows ollowa ol lowi I 1 meter cubed 1 tun I 1 hand cubed I 1 quart rt hand cubed I 1 aua id gram 1100 1100 hand cubed 1 10 fluid gram 1 cubic meter 1000 duarts quarts I 1 cuble hand 1000 fluid ud grams intermediate quantities are objectionable tio Dable as the sides of a measure of too ten or one hundred quarts would not be a decimal quantity but the cube root of the quantity hence would involve a desi deai of trouble in figuring and transposing old measures into the ibe new style the cubic hand 64 le ie a 8 close meo mead ot of the several quarts in use in our county wine quart 68 58 cubic inches beer I 1 70 50 dry trench french liter it A total of which being divided by four would give an average of cubic inches the next and the most difficult part of the busineau bUB bus inese inear is to hit upon a weicht unit which would be eminent ly ay english or american sixty four cubic inches of alcohol will weigh approximately two pounds avoirdupois or niety four cubic inches of dis tillou water will weigh about 2 pounds 5 oz the french gramme to is very objectionable us as it Is too small email a unit fot for common use and would be difficult to make it supersede the old pound the scripture measure or mint mini might be a good one 2 lbs 3 oz 6 ewt I 1 four fear I 1 will weary your patience if I 1 say more but I 1 will add the follow ing clipped from some newspaper now forgotten everybody knows that the french standard of measurement Is the metor meter 11 5 but how many correct answers do you think you could get should you put this question to the first per sons bons you meet what is the basis of french measurement measure meni what is abr meter nae tei a dart bariol ol 01 should you be toe foe dunate enough to got gee a single correct ewer it would ba something like this thie the french Pt otan anderU dard measure of length is founded on the measurement of the ane earth irom the pole to the equator on the ceridan of paris this total distance diet anoe is divided into equal parts each of which is in a me ter I the motor meter Is 1094 english yours truly WM M COWLEY |