( Van Ewijck ) - Leesboek voor de hoogste klasse der lagere scholen, over het nut der nieuwe Nederlandse maten en - 1829

( Van Ewijck ): Reader for the uppermost grade of elementary schools, about the usefulness of the new Dutch measures and weights; with guidance on how one may in daily life become accustomed to their use and description, also in households, mainly applied to the particular old measures in Friesland. In Sneek, at F. Holtkamp, Printer and Bookseller, 1829. 8vo: (XII)52 pp. Original binding with paper cover. Inside, an old manuscript from 1833. Binding and paper in good condition.

Dutch Metric System. This uniform system was legally introduced in 1820 under King William I to replace the hundreds of different local and regional measuring units in the Netherlands with one standard.