Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1900 — Metric System In Russia. [ARTICLE]

Metric System In Russia.

The Russian government has decided to adopt the metric system. An imperial commission has also been appointed, at St. Petersburg to consider the best means of abandoning the Julian calendar In favor of the Gregorian, which prevails lm other parts of the civilized world.