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AN account of the position of the subject of the adoption of the metric system in this country was given in NATURE of August 30 last. That the question is being very seriously considered by the controllers of our larger industries is clearly indicated by the two papers on the subject read recently before the Institution of Electrical Engineers. In the paper, “A Case for the Adoption of the Metric System (and Decimal Coinage) toy Great Britain,” by Mr. A. J. Stubbs, the multiplicity of standards-and, worse still, variations from these standards-is so clearly shown that one is not surprised that the writer should arrive at the conclusion that the change must come, and that delay but increases the difficulties of the change. The final conclusion, “Do it now,” will meet with unqualified approval from those who feel that the change is urgently needed.
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B., A. The Adoption of the Metric System. Nature 100, 467–468 (1918). https://doi.org/10.1038/100467a0
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