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This is a historical report from the United States Congress’s Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. It focuses on the potential adoption of the metric system in the United States. The report includes documents and statistics relating to the subject, as well as discussions on metric coinage.The report is divided into two parts. Part 1 examines the general adoption of the metric system for weights and measures. Part 2 delves specifically into the possibility of implementing a metric system for coinage. This report offers a valuable insight into the historical debates and considerations surrounding standardization and measurement systems in the United States.Readers interested in the history of economic policy, scientific measurement, and technological standards will find this a compelling document. It reflects the challenges and opportunities that policymakers faced when considering a significant shift in the nation’s measurement practices.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
