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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 3 3 Browse Search
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hamilton, Alexander 1757- (search)
arious value, is the unit in the money account of all the States. But it is not equally easy to pronounce what is to be considered as the unit in the coins. There being no formal regulation on the point (the resolutions of Congress of the 6th of July, 1785, and 8th of August, 1786, having never yet been carried into operation), it can only be inferred from usage or practice. The manner of adjusting foreign exchanges would seem to indicate the dollar as best entitled to that character. In ther of the metals in preference to the other or not; and, if to either, to which of them? The suggestions and proceedings, hitherto, have had for object the annexing of it emphatically to the silver dollar. A resolution of Congress of the 6th of July, 1785, declares that the money unit of the United States shall be a dollar; and another resolution of the 8th of August, 1786, fixes that dollar at 375 grains and 64 hundredths of a grain of fine silver. The same resolution, however, determines t
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Metric system, (search)
t of measure of surface is the are, which is the square of the decametre, or 10 metres. The unit of measure of capacity is the stere, or cubic metre. The system is now in use in the United States Marine Hospital service, in the foreign business of the post-office, in the United States coast and geodetic survey, and to some extent in the mint, United States signal service, and United States census: Decimal system of money adopted by the United States Congress, with the dollar as a unitJuly 6, 1785 John Quincy Adams, United States Secretary of State, makes an elaborate report on the metric system to CongressFeb. 23, 1821 By legislation of July 4, 1837, the use of the system in France is enforced, to take effectJan. 1, 1840 International Decimal Association formed1855 Canada adopts the decimal currency used in United StatesJan. 1, 1858 Metric weight of 5 grammes (77.16 grains) and diameter of 2 centimetres given to the 5-cent copper nickel piece in the United States by act of Co