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Book/Printed Material Metrical system. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of chiefs of bureaus upon the adoption of the metrical system, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives. December 7, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed Cited as: H. Ex. Doc. 45-8

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Title

  • Metrical system. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of chiefs of bureaus upon the adoption of the metrical system, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives. December 7, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed

Other Title

  • Cited as: H. Ex. Doc. 45-8

Names

  • United States Congress. House
  • United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
  • United States. Congress. House, author
  • United States. Surgeon General
  • United States. War Department
  • United States. Adjutant-General's Office. Colored Troops Division
  • United States. Bureau of Military Justice
  • United States. War Department. Engineer Department
  • United States. War Department. Office of the Commissary General of Subsistence
  • United States. War Department. Inspector General's Office
  • United States. War Department. Office of the Paymaster General
  • United States. Army. Ordnance Department
  • United States. War Department. Quartermaster's Department. (1812-1912)

Created / Published

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

Headings

  • -  Metric system
  • -  Weights and measures
  • -  Standards

Genre

  • Government publication
  • Executive department publications
  • Legislative materials

Medium

  • 1 online resource (13 pages).

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • 45-2:H.EX.DOC.8
  • Y 1.1/2:1802

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024800580

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, United States Surgeon General, United States War Department, United States Adjutant-General'S Office. Colored Troops Division, United States Bureau Of Military Justice, et al. Metrical system. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of chiefs of bureaus upon the adoption of the metrical system, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives. December 7, . -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1877] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024800580/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. House, United States Government Publishing Office, P., United States Congress. House, A., United States Surgeon General, United States War Department, United States Adjutant-General'S Office. Colored Troops Division [...] United States War Department. Quartermaster'S Department. (1877) Metrical system. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of chiefs of bureaus upon the adoption of the metrical system, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives. December 7, . -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024800580/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. House, et al. Metrical system. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of chiefs of bureaus upon the adoption of the metrical system, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives. December 7, . -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1877] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024800580/>.