Dear John,
Thanks for the reference to the 1878 Upton Report as I have not read
it before. It's amazing how many attempts have been made in the last
220 years (From Thomas Jefferson until now) to upgrade the USA to the
metric system.
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On 2009/10/11, at 08:05 , John M. Steele wrote:
The Upton report of 1878 (encouraging metrication) refers to both
the long and short ton, and particularly to the practice of buying
coal by the long ton and selling it by the short ton.
http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/laws/upton-1878-03-06.html
--- On Sat, 10/10/09, Michael Payne <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Michael Payne <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:45993] Short Ton
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Date: Saturday, October 10, 2009, 3:37 PM
I've been googling around looking for when the Short Ton was adopted
by the United States. I've not had much luck, anyone have any idea?
Mike Payne
