This long-forgotten pamphlet from the early nineteenth century offers a detailed plan for unifying Scotland's diverse systems of measurement. Authored by Lord John Swinton Swinton, a member of the Scottish parliament and an advocate for scientific standardization, the proposal provides a fascinating window into the history of metrology and the challenges of implementing uniform measuring systems across diverse populations.

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