On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Joseph B. Reid wrote:
> ...
> Please reread my USMA 15158. I stated:
> >On 1828 May 19 the House passed the first, and only, law of the United
> >States officially adopting standards for the customary system of weights
> >and measures.
>
> That was a quotation from U.S. Metric Study of 1971
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In supplement of Joe's quotation;
The Act of 1828 established the London brass troy pound as the
standard of the mint for the regulation of US coinage.
The avoirdupois pound was defined as 7000/5760 pounds troy in England,
and by the US Treasury Department in that time period.
(Info. from the National Bureau of Standards Circular 593, 1958 Jun 5.
