"Metric" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Second Report of the Commissioners appointed Parly. Paper. to enquire into the condition of the Exchequer (now Board of Trade) Standards.—The Metric System. ...
— Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy • George Biddell Airy
... south. It was therefore as much a French as an English meridian, and could be adopted without any sacrifice of national position. But they were not convinced, and will probably hold out until England adopts the metric system, on which occasion it is said that they will be prepared to ...
— The Reminiscences of an Astronomer • Simon Newcomb
... has a population of about eight millions and a foreign commerce of one billion. One raises from seven hundred to nine hundred million bushels of wheat; the other, from two hundred to three hundred millions. One produces thirty million metric tons of steel a year; the other, less than a million tons; one is worth a hundred and fifty billion dollars, the ...
— The Canadian Commonwealth • Agnes C. Laut
... of Nala and Damayanti after marriage, will be referred to presently. The famous tale herewith briefly summarized occurs in the Mahabharata, the great epic or mythological cyclopaedia of India, which embraces 220,000 metric lines, and antedates in the main the Christian era. The story of Savitri also occurs in the Mahabharata; and these two episodes have been pronounced by specialists the gems not only of that great epic, but of ...
— Primitive Love and Love-Stories • Henry Theophilus Finck
... overview: Fishing off the coast and tourism, both based abroad, account for the limited economic activity. Antarctic fisheries in 2000-01 (1 July-30 June) reported landing 112,934 metric tons. Unregulated fishing probably landed more fish than the regulated fishery, and allegedly illegal fishing in antarctic waters in 1998 resulted in the seizure (by France and Australia) of at least eight fishing ships. The Convention ...
— The 2002 CIA World Factbook • US Government
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