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United States progress toward metric system adoption
The article traces the United States and France moving toward decimal weights and measures. It notes Congress' 1785 money system, meter definitions, and the international bureau's role in standardizing units. It cites pressures and objections to metric adoption and references early investigations by John Quincy Adams.
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