Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1875 — The Metric System. [ARTICLE]

The Metric System.

This system has been adopted by nearly all the States of Europe and South America and, as it was made legal in the United States in 1866, its use should ho longer be deferred. It is merely an extensioh of the system with which we are familiar as applied to our currency, as follows: MONET. 10 mills make one cent. 10 cents make one dime. . 10 dimes make one dollar. 10 dollars make one eagle. The following are the metrical tables of weights and measures: 10 miligr&ms make one centigram. 10 centigrams make one decigram. 10 decigrams make one gram. 10 grams make one decagram. 10 decagrams make one hectogram. 10 hectograms make one kilogram. 10 kilograms make one mynagram. LKXGTHS. 10 miltimeters make one centimeter. 10 centimeters make one decimeter. 10 decimeters make one meter. 10 meters make one dekameter. 10 dekameters make one hectometer.* 10 hectometers make one kilometer. 10 kilometers make one myrameter. CAPACITY. 10 millilieters make one centiliter. 10 centiliters make one deciliter. 10 deciliters make one liter. 10 liters make one dekliter. 10 dekliters make one hectoliter. — N. Y. Witness.