Excerpt from Metric Weights and Measures: March 16, 1896, Referred to the House Calendar and Ordered to Be Printed It is not strange, then, that from his point of observation he should have believed the introduction of the metric system in the United States impracticable, and should have so reported. The following passage of exquisite beauty and eloquence shows, however, that he fully appreciated the symmetry, beauty, and desirability of this system. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.