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Book/Printed Material Metrical system of weights and measures. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives in reference to the metrical system of weights and measures. November 20, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. November 22, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed Cited as: H. Ex. Doc. 45-19

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Title

  • Metrical system of weights and measures. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives in reference to the metrical system of weights and measures. November 20, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. November 22, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed

Other Title

  • Cited as: H. Ex. Doc. 45-19

Names

  • United States Congress. House
  • United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
  • United States. Congress. House, author
  • United States. Department of the Navy

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1877.

Headings

  • -  Maps
  • -  Metric system
  • -  Nautical charts
  • -  Weights and measures
  • -  Standards

Genre

  • Government publication
  • Legislative materials

Medium

  • 1 online resource (2 pages).

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • 45-1:H.EX.DOC.19
  • Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 1773

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024800238

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Congress. House, Publisher United States Government Publishing Office, Author United States Congress. House, and United States Department Of The Navy. Metrical system of weights and measures. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives in reference to the metrical system of weights and measures. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. November 22, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1877] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024800238/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. House, United States Government Publishing Office, P., United States Congress. House, A. & United States Department Of The Navy. (1877) Metrical system of weights and measures. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives in reference to the metrical system of weights and measures. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. November 22, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024800238/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. House, et al. Metrical system of weights and measures. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives in reference to the metrical system of weights and measures. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. November 22, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1877] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024800238/>.