On Sun, 2002 Jul 14, Pat Naughtin asked: > Does anyone know the exact (month and day) date when John Quincy Adams > submitted his measurement report to Congress. I know that this was done in > 1821 (it was commissioned in 1817) but I can't find the exact dates.
Pat, In 1821 on February 22, JQA submitted his report to the House of Representatives. This information is from NBS Miscellaneous Publication 247, issued in October of 1963 (printed by the US Government Printing Office). Gene.
