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The Metric Act of 1866, enacted July 28, 1866, legally recognized the metric system of measurement in the US.
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The Metric Act in 1866 was significant because recognized the metric system as a legal system of measurement in the United States. Basically, it said that the United States found the metric system reliable enough to be used in the U.S. *The act is sometimes referred to as the Kasson Act, after Congressman John A. Kasson of Iowa, who chaired the House Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures.
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The "Metric Act of 1866" was significant because it recognized the metric system as a legal system of measurement in the United States. Basically, it said that the metric system was reliable enough to be used in the U.S. The act is sometimes referred to as the Kasson Act, after Congressman John A. Kasson of Iowa, who chaired the House Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures.
The use of the metric system made legal in the United States by the Metric Act of 1866 (Public Law 39-183). This law made it unlawful to refuse to trade or deal in metric quantities.
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The Metric Conversion Act of shiting 1975 (later amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, the Savings in Construction Act of 1996, and the Department of Energy High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004) designated the metric system as the preferred system of weights and measures for US trade and commerce, and directed federal agencies to convert to the metric system, to the extent feasible, including the use of metric in construction of federal facilities.It also created the United States Metric Board to assist in the conversion, although the Board no longer exists.The full text of the law is included below. It looks longer than it really is, because much of the text deals with the US Metric Board.
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== == It was a law passed by Congress that allowed the use of the metric system within the United States. (see related question)
The Metric Act of 1866, enacted July 28, 1866, legally recognized the metric system of measurement in the US. It's sometimes referred to as the Kasson Act, after Congressman John A. Kasson of Iowa, who chaired the House Comittee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. The history section below has more details on the reasons behind the law from John Kasson's report to Congress.