| 单词 | system of weights |
| 例句 | It was an intricate system of weights and counterweights. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He secured his empire’s power by unifying its currency and standardizing its written language and its system of weights and measures. ‘Terracotta Warriors’ exhibit makes grand entrance at Pacific Science Center 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z If you have friends who live in other countries, you might occasionally hear them ask, more or less rhetorically, why the hell we Yanks are still stuck with the English system of weights and measures. Why America is going backward: Being the richest nation in history isn't enough 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z Markets lacked a uniform system of weights and measures. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z In between coffee breaks and presentations on quantum physics, scientists today voted to redefine the kilogram, the unit that underpins the world’s system of weights. Scientists say goodbye to physical definition of the kilogram 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z A lump of metal defines the world’s system of weights — but that changes this week But later this week, on Friday, November 16th, a coup is planned in this international ministry of weights. Why we’re killing the kilogram for a new one 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Two days before Christmas that year, President Gerald Ford signed a law making metric “the preferred system of weights and measures for United States trade and commerce.” The hidden history behind Lincoln Chafee's metric proposal 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z The “Hertzberg clock may be the last of these clocks operated by a system of weights,” the group wrote in a letter to Zale. 19th century jewelers’ clock still ticking 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z Apothecaries' weight, the system of weights by which medical prescriptions were formerly compounded. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z In this system of weights 16 drams make 1 ounce, 16 ounces 1 pound, 25 pounds 1 quarter, 4 quarters 1 hundred weight, and 20 hundred weight 1 ton. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z It was a utopian project, with its creators imagining that a shared system of weights and measures would unite the world, allowing for the free exchange of goods and information. Why we’re killing the kilogram for a new one 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z The metric system of weights and measures, adopted officially on the 1st of April 1897, has not supplanted the older Spanish standards in general use. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Met′ric.—Metric system, the French system of weights and measures, founded on the French m�tre—dividing or multiplying by ten, and therefore a decimal system. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z The coin most commonly current was the Spanish piece of eight, but the system of weights and measures was the English system, and reckoning was by pounds, shillings, and pence. The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 2011-12-24T03:07:52.717Z The metric system of weights and measures has been adopted, but the old Spanish standards remain in general use. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z The decimal system of weights and measures was adopted in 1876, but some of the old Turkish standards are still in general use. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z A common system of weights and measures was introduced in 1868. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z Mr. Richard Grant White, writing in some newspaper or magazine in opposition to the proposed adoption of the metric system of weights and measures, had made an amusing blunder. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z "We are dismembered into eight separate states, separated by eight customs barriers - eight different currencies, systems of weights and measures, of civil and criminal law." No facelift 2011-07-09T11:04:38Z The metric system of weights and measures is the legal one. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z One of the customs which has grown out of our peculiar system of weights is the form of statement of the results of such an assay. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" And besides these great tasks there were lesser ones—the reform of the calendar, of the system of weights and measures, of the language. Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men To regulate the system of weights and measures. The History of Cuba, vol. 4 He introduced a new system of weights and measures, which he ordered should be used throughout his kingdom, and took steps to reform the coinage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" The metric system is a system of weights and measures expressed in the decimal scale. Dietetics for Nurses Weights and Measures.—The metrical system of weights and measures is in official but not in popular use, except in the foreign quarters of Cairo, Alexandria, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" The metric system of weights and measures was introduced by law in 1884, but the old Spanish system is still in use. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Weights and Measures.—The metric system of weights and measures has been the legal standard in Colombia since 1857, but its use is confined almost exclusively to international trade. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" The metric system of weights and measures is the legal standard in Chile, but the old Spanish standards are still widely used, especially in handling mining and farm produce. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" In A. D. 1830, the Norwegian system of weights was changed to the standard weights and measures, and money, instead of barter, began to be used generally. An Orkney Maid Any person, therefore, who is fortunate enough to own a five-cent nickel may be said to carry in his pocket the entire metric system of weights and measures. Harper's Young People, April 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Everywhere they found the same coins and the same system of weights and measures. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe The metric system of weights and measures is one in which the meter is the unit of measure. Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois The system of weights, of which the unit is sixteen ounces. Practical Mechanics for Boys And now, my dear sir, allow me to say in conclusion that I heartily sympathize with you and the others in your efforts to secure the adoption of the metrical system of weights and measures. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. The conclusion of the Americans was, that it was better to continue the use of the system of weights and measures inherited from the father-land. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 437 Volume 17, New Series, May 15, 1852 Among foreign systems of weights, the French is by far the best. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. France determined to give us a neutral system of weights and measures, and the world now thanks her for it. International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884. Protocols of the Proceedings Here originated, too, the system of weights and measures reckoned on the unit of length, a system adopted by all the ancient peoples. History Of Ancient Civilization And instead of our complicated system of weights and measures, we want one similarly graduated system—each measure and weight rising ten times above the former. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 428 Volume 17, New Series, March 13, 1852 And when by this means we have obtained a system of weights,—a set of equal units of force, then does a science of mechanics become possible. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library Throughout it is taken for granted that the philosopher has no private system of weights and measures, but must reason as other men reason, and must prove his conclusions in the same sober way. An Introduction to Philosophy No. 11 advocates the preservation of the Anglo-Saxon system of weights and measures. International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884. Protocols of the Proceedings He fostered commerce by the construction of roads, by the establishment of an excellent police system, and introduced a uniform system of weights and measures. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East Virtue and honesty are "a system of weights and measures, balances struck between man and man." Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920) Already the Egyptians had divided the year into 365 days and 12 months, and had invented an elaborate system of weights and measures, based on the decimal notation. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Cato's unit of 240 jugera was based on the duodecimal system of weights and measures which the Romans had originally derived from Babylon but afterwards modified by the use of a decimal system. Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro The difference between the result thus obtained and that from any system of weights is small, and may be neglected. Experimental Determination of the Velocity of Light Made at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis I have little doubt that our nomenclature is a serious though unsuspected hindrance to the ready adoption by the public of a decimal system of weights and measures. Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development It is the use by our modern progressive country of an ancient system of weights and measures which it is here proposed to discuss and show up as an absurdity. Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 They had developed their own systems of weights and measures and insisted on using them. The Black Experience in America Would not such a ridiculous system of weights and measures paralyze exchange and demoralize industry? Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 The monetary unit, the system of weights and measures, have not infringed upon industrial liberty; no more would it be damaged by a system of trade-marks. System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery Among the subjects for discussion were the preservation of peace, the creation of a customs union, uniform systems of weights, measures and coinage, and the promotion of frequent inter-communication among the American states. The United States Since the Civil War With these figures in hand let us consider now a kind of debit and credit sheet against and for our present system of weights and measures. Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 Among the great ideas realized during the first period of the revolution, must be reckoned that of a uniform system of weights and measures. Paris as It Was and as It Is Primary instruction comprises moral and religious instruction, reading, writing, the elements of the French language, computation, and the legal system of weights and measures. The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization It will be interesting to many readers to know the basis on which the French found their system of weights and measures, for it certainly possesses the grandeur of simplicity. The Book of Household Management A new system of weights and measures, known as the metrical, was planned, and a new mode of reckoning time was introduced. General History for Colleges and High Schools But we have just seen that the annual expense of retaining the old system of weights and measures is over $300,000,000. Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 The accepted system of weights and measures, the calendar—nothing was too well tried to compete with innovation. The United States of America, Part 1 He gains the battle; he makes the code; he makes the system of weights and measures; he levels the Alps; he builds the road. Representative Men An ordinance establishing a system of weights and measures for the colony rubs shoulders with another inhibiting the youngsters of Quebec from sleigh- riding down its hilly thoroughfares in icy weather. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism The metric system of weights and measures was developed in France about 1800 and has come to be employed over all the civilized world except in the United States, Great Britain and Russia. Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 |
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