Excerpt from A New System of Measures, Weights, and Money, Entitled the "Linn Base Decimal System" And Designed for the Adoption of All Civilized Nations, as the One Common SystemThe base of the new system Of measures and weights, here Offered to the consideration of Science and Commerce, and to the statesmen and Governments of the World, is its unit of linear measure or measures of length.The one hundred millionth part of the quad rant of the earth's meridian, or the one hundred millionth part of the distance from the equator to the pole, is assumed as its unit of lineal measure.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.

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