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In his first annual message to Congress (what later came to be called "State of the Union Addresses") on January 8, 1790 (a few months before Jefferson's report to the House of Representatives), George Washington stated, "Uniformity in the currency, weights, and measures of the United States is an object of great importance, and will, I am ...
Plan for Establishing Uniformity in the Coinage, Weights, and Measures of the United States is seriously long. The Jefferson report , referenced here , would be a lot shorter. Otr500 ( talk ) 02:26, 29 September 2011 (UTC) this is no longer one of the constituion Bold text [ reply ]
The Weights and Measures Act 1985 formalized their removal for use in trade, though imperial units were retained for use on road signs and the most common imperial weights such as the foot, inch, pound, ounce, gallon and pint continued to be used in the retail trade for the sale of loose goods or goods measured or weighed in front of the customer.
Aug. 16—JEFFERSON — Roger Beckwith of the Jefferson Milling Company got a surprise Tuesday morning when County Auditor David Thomas and the Auditor's Certified Weights and Measures staff ...
And it was over this copy of "Jay's Treaty" owned by Thomas Jefferson. "$50,000," the ... His great-great grandfather bought the book years ago at Jefferson's estate sale for just 15 cents.
The Jefferson nickel has been the five-cent coin struck by the United States Mint since 1938, when it replaced the Buffalo nickel.From 1938 until 2004, the copper-nickel coin's obverse featured a profile depiction of Founding Father and third U.S. President Thomas Jefferson by artist Felix Schlag; the obverse design used in 2005 was also in profile, though by Joe Fitzgerald.
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Jefferson called the polygraph "the finest invention of the present age". [3] [4] A description of Jefferson's office routine in his own words may be read online. [5] Another American, Benjamin Henry Latrobe was the first customer of Peale's and not only introduced the device to Jefferson but was also instrumental in its improvement. [6]