...in this country, appear to be far more convenient fot practical purposes than the decimal scale." " The power of expressing a third, a fourth, and a sixth...the continual division by two renders it practicable ta make up any given quantity with the smallest possible number of weights and measures, and is far...

...than the decimal scale, which might perhaps be preferred by some persons for making caU culation%-with quantities already determined. But the power of expressing...of measuring capacities, the continual division by 2 renders it practicable to make up any given quantity with the smallest possible number of standard...

...employed in this country, appear to be far more convenient for practical purposes than the decimal scale. The power of expressing a third, a fourth, and a sixth...peculiar advantage in the duodecimal scale; and for the operation of weighing and of measuring capacities, the continual division by two, renders it practicable...

...employed in this country, appear to be far more convenient for practical purposes than the decimal scale. The power of expressing a third, a fourth, and a sixth of a foot in inches, without a fraction, isa peculiar advantage in the duodecimal scale; and for the operation of weighing and of measuring...

...opinion of the commissioners in their first Report. ' The power of expressing a third, a fourth, and ;i sixth of a foot in inches, without a fraction, is...scale : and for the operations of weighing and of measurmg capacities, the continual division by two renders it practicable to make up any given quantity,...

...employed in this country, appear to be far more convenient for practical purposes than the decimal scale. The power of expressing a third, a fourth, and a sixth...peculiar advantage in the duodecimal scale; and for the operation of weighing and of measuring capacities, the continual division by two, renders it practicable...

...convenient for practical purposes than the decimal division; as it is of advantage to be enabled to express a third, a fourth, and a sixth, of a foot, in inches without a fraction ; — and, for the operations of weighing and of measuring capacities, the continued division by two,...

...far more convenient for practical purposes than the decimal scale, which might perhaps be performed by some persons for making calculations with quantities...duodecimal scale ; and for the operations of weighing and measuring capacities, the continual division by two renders it practicable to make up any given quantity...

...persons for making calculations with quantities already determined. But the power of expressing л third, a fourth, and a sixth of a foot in inches,...duodecimal scale ; and for the operations of weighing and measuring capacities, the continual division by two renders it practicable to make up any given quantity...

...some people for making calculations with quantities already determined. Also, the ability to express a third, a fourth, and a sixth of a foot in inches without a fraction was a particular advantage to the duodecimal scale and, for the operation of weighing and measuring...