Proceedings of the Ninth Anniversary of the University Convocation of the State of New York, Held August 6th, 7th, and 8th, 1872

Albany, New York: The Argus Company, 1873. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. First Edition. 271 pages. Original red/orange pebbled cloth boards with a faded and unreadable spine panel (University Convocation I think). Boards are somewhat bowed at the corners, and there is surface wear to the pebbled cloth at the highpoints of the extremities. Sound binding, clean internally. Contains an early paper on the metric system of weights and measures by Charles Davies. According to the article the metric system was legal in the US since 1866, and was also discussed at the previous Convocation in 1870 where FAP Barnard spoke on the subject. It discusses many of the possible impacts of adopting the system in the United States. As one might expect, it is generally against the same. Many other articles. Title: Proceedings of the Ninth Anniversary of the University Convocation of the State of New York, Held August 6th, 7th, and 8th, 1872. Hard Cover.