Excerpt from British Weights Measures: Considered From a Practical Standpoint; A Plea for Their Retention in Preference to the Metric SystemChapier I - Ah Unfamiliar Subject of Wide Importance II - Origin and Spread of the Metric System III - Facility in Calculations Compared IV - Metrical Units Unnatural.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.