Thanks, Gene. I was kind of hoping that it might have been in October, which the USMA suggests for celebrating 'Metric Month'. I thought it could have some educational effect in schools if John Quincy Adams � the first citizen of the USA to formally suggest the adoption of the metric system � was promoted as the founder (?) of the metric system in the USA.
Cheers, and thanks again, Pat Naughtin CAMS Geelong, Australia on 2002-07-16 02.03, Gene Mechtly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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. >
