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units instead of apothecaries* weight in writing prescriptions, although metric 
units are used in recent editions of the Pharmacopeia." Civil engineers and 
architects are content to use inches, feet, and miles until the public demands a 
change. 
After discussions and readings of papers the convention adopted the following 
resolutions :2 
It is the sense of this meeting that we favor the gradual adoption of the metric 
system wherever practicable. 
It was voted that this body take up with the United States Bureau of Edu- 
cation and other agencies, a plan for the better teaching of the metric system 
in the schools. 
Voted, that the United States Secretary of Commerce be asked to secure 
information as to the extent to which the metric system is actually used at present 
in those countries which have made its use compulsory by law; and also in those 
countries where its use is not obligatory. 
Voted, that the system of double-marking (in both metric and old system) 
all goods be encouraged. (This vote was adopted by only a small majority.) 
O. E. Jennings, Delegate from S. M. S. 
DUPLICATE SPECIMENS FOR EXCHANGE 
Among members of the Sullivant Moss Society only. A stamped envelope 
should accompany the request for the specimens: 
Parmelia coralloides (Mey. & Flot.) Wainio, and Parmelia proboscidea Tayl. 
— Address Mr. S. Rapp, Sanford, Florida. 
*/.oc. cit. 
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