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WE learn from the “Political Notes” in the Times that Lord Balfour's Committee on After.War Trade has been strengthened by the addition of Sir William Pearce, Sir Charls Henry, Sir Archibald Williamson, and Sir William Priestley. The committee is now investigating the question of the possible introduction of the metric and decimal systems for our coinage weights, and measures.
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Notes . Nature 99, 189–193 (1917). https://doi.org/10.1038/099189a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/099189a0
