Metric system
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Papers on standards, 1867 - 1871
Printed and manuscript papers from various countries, unconnected with the Standards Commission, concerning metric and decimal systems and weights and measures. There are also several reports from different commissions and associations on standards.
Units of measurement, 19730817
Letter contains a discussion about Fahrenheit versus Centigrade, and metric versus imperial as systems. Peck writes that he has had two teeth extracted by Eric Horne (with wordplay on his name).