William Holdorf’s amusingly vehement reaction against the metric system (“A foolish U.S. push to go metric,” Voice, Jan. 3) illustrates the very American habit of flaring our individualism at the ...
Brent Maynard, a 41-year-old Moosup resident, is beginning to see his dreams become a reality. Since he was 14, Maynard has been fascinated with the metric system, a system he believes is more logical ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In the wake of the Revolution of 1789 ...
In 1793, French scientist Joseph Dombey boarded a ship bound for the United States carrying with him a standard kilogram weight. Thanks to... How Pirates Of The Caribbean Hijacked America's Metric ...
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