October 10, the tenth day of the tenth month has been named National Metric Day since 1983.
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Metric System - 150 Years in the United States
The metric system was officially recognized as a system of measurement that can be used in the United States on July 28, 1866
Source: 39t Congress, Chapter 301
"Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act it shall be lawful throughout the United States of America to employ the weights and measures of the metric system; and no contract or dealing, or pleading in any court, shall be deemed invalid or liable to objection because the weights or measures expressed or referred to therein are weights or measures of the metric system"
Did you know that...
New Jersey ranks fourth
in the number of U.S. patents issued (156,813),
and it’s the only state in the nation
with its own inventors’ hall of fame.
in the number of U.S. patents issued (156,813),
and it’s the only state in the nation
with its own inventors’ hall of fame.
(We not only produce geniuses; we celebrate them.)
Did you know that...
New Jersey
is home to more scientists and engineers per square mile
than anywhere else in the world.
is home to more scientists and engineers per square mile
than anywhere else in the world.
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