BIB_ID
392518
Accession number
MA 13103
Creator
Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888.
Display Date
1862 June 7.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 19 cm
Notes
Written on Education Department stationery.
Provenance
Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Stating that while he was favorably impressed with the metric system during his time in France and is inclined to attribute the superior facility with which French children perform arithmetical calculations to its use, he does not possess the expertise to present evidence to the Committee on the Decimal System.
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