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The Metric System - Page 267
by Charles Davies - 1871
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Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at ..., Volume 24

American Philosophical Society - Anthropology - 1887 - 494 pages
...often learned by those who learn nothing else, not even to read and write. This knowledge is rivetted in the memory by the habitual application of it to...community. It enters every house, it cripples every hand." The failure that attends the introduction, and the objections that have so far prevented the adoption...
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The Measure of the Circle: Perfected in January, 1845

John Davis - Circle-squaring - 1854 - 190 pages
...knowledge is riveted in the memory by the habitual application of it to the employments of men, through life. Every individual, or, at least, every family,...place. To change all this at once is to affect the well being of every man, woman, and child in the community. It enters every house, it cripples every...
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The Measure of the Circle: Perfected in January, 1845

John Davis - Circle-squaring - 1854 - 172 pages
...the establishment of its truth is among the first elements of education. This knowledge is riveted in the memory by the habitual application of it to the employments of men, through life. Every individual, or, at least, every family, has the weights and measures used in the...
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Proceedings: General Index to Volumes One to Fifty of the Proceedings of the ...

American Pharmaceutical Association - 1887 - 764 pages
...often learned by those who learn nothing else, not even to read and write. This knowledge is riveted in the memory by the habitual application of it to...community. It enters every house, it cripples every hand." The failure that attends the introduction, and the objections that have so far prevented the adoption...
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Proceedings: General Index to Volumes One to Fifty of the Proceedings of the ...

American Pharmaceutical Association - 1896 - 1010 pages
...often learned by those who learn nothing else, not even to read and write. "This knowledge is riveted in the memory by the habitual application of it to the employments of men throughout life. " Every family has the weights used in the vicinity and recognized by the custom of the place. "To change all...
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Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the ..., Volume 44

American Pharmaceutical Association. Annual Meeting - Pharmaceutical industry - 1896 - 1002 pages
...often learned by those who learn nothing else, not even to read and write. "This knowledge is riveted in the memory by the habitual application of it to the employments of men throughout life. "To change all this at once is to affect the well-being of every man, woman and child in the community....
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The Metric System: Hearings Before the Committee on Coinage, Weights and ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures - Metric system - 1906 - 338 pages
...often learned by those who learn nothing else, not even to read and write. This knowledge is riveted in the memory by the habitual application of it to...custom of the place. To change all this at once is to effect the well-being of every man. woman, and child in the community. It enters every house, it cripples...
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NBS Special Publication

Weights and measures - 1971 - 326 pages
...often learnt by those who learn nothing else, not even to read and write. This knowledge is rivetted in the memory by the habitual application of it to...of every man, woman, and child, in the community." Appendix A REFERENCES CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION [1] US Department of State. Report of the Secretary of...
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The Metric System: Hearings Before a Subcommittee... on S. 2267

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Manufactures - 1922 - 630 pages
...often learned by those who learn nothing else, not even to read and write. This knowledge is riveted in the memory by the habitual application of it to...community. It enters every house, it cripples every hand." AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK. With this picture of the problem before us, let us try to form some idea of the...
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THE METRIC SYSTEM, HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEEON ...

1922 - 452 pages
...write. This knowledge is riveted in the memory by the habitual application of it to theemployments of men throughout life. Every individual, or at least...measures used in the vicinity and recognized by the customof the place. To change all this at once is to affect the well-being of every man. woman, and...
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