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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Columbus , Christopher 1435 -1536 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Metric system, (search)
Metric system,
A uniform decimal system of weights and measures, originated in France with a committee of eminent scientists, named by the Academy of Sciences by order of the Constituent Assembly, May 8, 1790.
The basis of the system is the metre, which is 3.37 inches longer than the American yard.
This base, determined by Delambre and Mechain, is the 1-40,000,000 part of the circumference of the earth on the meridian extending through France from Dunkirk to Barcelona.
It was made the unit of length and the base of the system by law, April 7, 1795.
A prototype metre was constructed in platinum by an international commission, representing the governments of France, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Savoy, and the Roman, Cisalpine, and Ligurian republics, in 1799.
The unit of weight is the gramme, the weight of a cubic centimetre of water at 4° centigrade (the temperature of greatest density). The unit of measure of surface is the are, which is the square of the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Solberg , Thorvald 1852 - (search)
Solberg, Thorvald 1852-
Author; born in Manitowoc, Wis., April 22, 1852; received a common school education; was on the staff of the librarian of Congress in 1876-89; manager of the literary department of the Boston Book Company in 1889-97.
He was largely instrumental in securing international copyright, being present at the international copyright congresses in Barcelona, 1893; Antwerp, 1894; and Paris, in 1900; and was appointed register of copyrights July 15, 1897.
He is the author of International copyright in the Congress of the United States, 1837-86; International copyright; The copyright; The copyright law of the United States in force; Directions for the registration of copyrights under the laws of the United States; Copyright enactments, 1783-1900 and Copyright, its law and its Literature (with R. R. Bowker).
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)