 | Samuel Mecutchen, George Mornton Sayre - Arithmetic - 1877 - 200 pages
...What is the cost in gold of a bill on Geneva for 2500 francs, exchange at 5.17 francs to the dollar? THE METRIC SYSTEM. The Metric System is a decimal system of weights and measures, and derives its name from the meter which_ is the unit of the system. Note. — The metric system originated... | |
 | August Dupré, Henry Wilson Hake - Chemistry - 1886 - 648 pages
...of any substance, we determine how many times a certain unit of weight is contained in it, &c., &c. The Metric* System:— The metric system is a decimal system of weights and measures, devised by a Committee of the Institute of France at the request of the Government, and introduced... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - Arithmetic - 1894 - 170 pages
...rods more and receives $48, how long is the wall, if the total cost of building it is $120? _______ THE METRIC SYSTEM. The Metric System is a decimal system of weights and measures having the meter for its base or unit. The system was first adopted in France in 1795, and it is now... | |
 | James Morgan Rawlins - Arithmetic - 1899 - 458 pages
...75 cts. a yard. 5. A plank is 5' thick, 20 ft. 2' long, and contains 14 cu. ft. 8'". How wide is it? THE METRIC SYSTEM. The Metric System is a decimal system of weights and measures; the fundamental unit is the metre. The Standard Metre is a bar of very hard metal, whose length, as... | |
 | Robert Goltman, Maurice Le Roy - Metric system - 1903 - 58 pages
...Specific Gravities 27 Temperature Measure 32 Table of Equivalents 36 Money Measure 38 Table of Currency 39 METRIC SYSTEM. THE Metric System is a decimal system of weights and measures, which has for its basis a certain unit of length called the Meter. The meter is of the distance •... | |
 | George William Myers - Arithmetic - 1908 - 350 pages
...4 rods wide extending around a tract of land 80 chains square? THE METRIC SYSTEM §76. Historical. The metric system is a decimal system of weights and...relations between the different units of the system. The units of length, which is fundamental to the whole system, is called the meter. It was attempted to... | |
 | Clarence Monroe Bookman - Arithmetic - 1914 - 270 pages
...depreciation of the building, for how much must he rent it to clear 7 % on his investment ? APPENDIX THE METRIC SYSTEM The metric system is a decimal system of weights and measures. The United States Government requires the use of the metric system of measures in all medical work... | |
 | Clarence Monroe Bookman - Arithmetic - 1914 - 268 pages
...depreciation of the building, for how much must he rent it to clear 1% on his investment? APPENDIX THE METRIC SYSTEM The metric system is a decimal system of weights and measures. The United States Government requires the use of the metric system of measures in all medical work... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1914 - 524 pages
...What was the date and the clock time in each city at the instant of sending the message ? APPENDIX METRIC SYSTEM The metric system is a decimal system of weights and measures, having for its principal unit the meter, to which all other units are related. This system originated... | |
 | Franklin Sherman Hoyt, Harriet E. Peet - Arithmetic - 1915 - 378 pages
...of the metric system, is nearly one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to either pole. Metric system. The metric system is a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter. Minuend. A minuend is a number from which another number is subtracted. Minus sign... | |
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Metric system. The metric system is a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter. 
