Standards of Length and Their Practical Application (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Gentlemen -i communicate herewith the results of my investigation of the units of length upon which your system of gauges depends.

In the preliminary discussion of this question with you, cer tain considerations were urged by which we should be governed in the construction and adoption of standards of length for prae tical use in mechanical operations. In my letter of May 26, 1880, these were enumerated as follows.

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