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" These purposes, however, require powers which no legislator has hitherto been found to possess. The power of the legislator is limited by the extent of his territories, and the numbers of his people. His principle of universality, therefore, cannot be... "
The Measure of the Circle: Perfected in January, 1845 - Page 108
by John Davis - 1854 - 156 pages
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Report Upon Weights and Measures, Issues 1-7

United States. Department of State, John Quincy Adams - Weights and measures - 1821 - 276 pages
...territories, and the numbers of his people. His principle of universality, therefore, cannot be made, by the mere agency of his power, to extend beyond the inhabitants...change his own purposes. He is not infallible : he is liable to mistake the means of effecting his own objects. He is not immortal: his successor accedes...
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The Metric System

Charles Davies - 1871 - 386 pages
...territories, and the numbers of his people. His principle of universality, therefore, cannot be made, by the mere agency of his power, to extend beyond the inhabitants...change his own purposes. He is not infallible : he is liable to mistake the means of effecting his own objects. He is not immortal : his successor succedes...
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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
...territories and the numbers of his people. The principle of universality, therefore, can not be made by the mere agency of his power to extend beyond the inhabitants...change his own purposes. He is not infallible; he is liable to mistake the means of effecting his own objects. He is not immortal; his successor succeeds...
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NBS Special Publication

Weights and measures - 1971 - 326 pages
...territories, and the numbers of his people. His principle of universality, therefore, cannot be made, by the mere agency of his power, to extend beyond the inhabitants.... . . The power of the legislator is limited over the will and actions of his subjects. His conflict with them is desperate, when he counteracts their...
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