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Book/Printed Material Metric system of weights and measures. June 20, 1898. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed Cited as: H. Rept. 55-1597

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Title

  • Metric system of weights and measures. June 20, 1898. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

Other Title

  • Cited as: H. Rept. 55-1597

Names

  • United States Congress. House. Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures
  • Stone, Charles W. (Charles Warren) 1843-1912
  • United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
  • United States. Congress. House, author

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1898.

Headings

  • -  Legislative amendments
  • -  Metric system
  • -  Weights and measures
  • -  International cooperation
  • -  Standards

Genre

  • Government publication
  • Legislative materials

Medium

  • 1 online resource (42 pages). tables.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • 55-2:H.RP.1597
  • Y 1.1/2:3722

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024854354

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Congress. House. Committee On Coinage, Weights, And Measures, Charles W Stone, Publisher United States Government Publishing Office, and Author United States Congress. House. Metric system of weights and measures. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1898] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024854354/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. House. Committee On Coinage, W., Stone, C. W., United States Government Publishing Office, P. & United States Congress. House, A. (1898) Metric system of weights and measures. -- Referred to the House Calendar 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/2024854354/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. House. Committee On Coinage, Weights, And Measures, et al. Metric system of weights and measures. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1898] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024854354/>.