The decimal system, as applied to the coinage & weights & measures of Great Britain : dedicated to the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury / by Henry Taylor.

  • Taylor, Henry.
Date:
1851
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Credit: The decimal system, as applied to the coinage & weights & measures of Great Britain : dedicated to the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury / by Henry Taylor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    TO THE THIRD JED IT I ON. The substance of that part of the following pages which respects the current coinage of the Realm, in its j relation more especially to computation, was published originally in the ‘Banker’s Magazine.’ The disappearance subsequently of a large reprint, leads to the hope that the object with which it was written has not altogether failed of success. A certain degree of attention has, in one way or another, been recently drawn to the con- sideration of a question hitherto, from obvious causes, pretty generally slighted. To keep up and stimulate whatever amount of interest may have been in any quarter excited, is the author’s desire in offering an- other edition. He is fully aware, that in the opinion of many persons of good judgment, the realization of an improvement of the kind he advocates is more to be desired than hoped for. Unfortunately, this impression has been productive of much disinclination accurately