[…] one who uses those [coins] of France, which are unmetric and under the condemnation of the men of science not only of the United States and England but of France and the entire continent.
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[…] one who uses those [coins] of France, which are unmetric and under the condemnation of the men of science not only of the United States and England but of France and the entire continent.
Source: wiktionary
Monsieur Hospitalier also remarked that (in France) it was customary to employ, in certain computations, unmetric units which complicate the work.
Source: wiktionary
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