The following article titled "Our Heterogeneous System of Weights and Measures: An Explanation of the Reasons Why the United States Should Abandon Its Obsolete System of Inches, Tons, and Gallons" by Alexander Graham Bell appeared in the March 1906 issue of The National Geographic Magazine. It consists of Bell's address to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures of the U.S. House of Representatives on 16 February 1906. The bill he refers to was introduced by L. N. Littauer, Representative from New York. Although it ultimately did not pass, it read as follows:
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机译：下一篇亚历山大·格雷厄姆·贝尔（Alexander Graham Bell）题为“我们的重量和度量的异类系统：美国应放弃其过时的英寸，吨和加仑系统的原因的解释”的文章发表在1906年3月的《国家地理》杂志上。它包含贝尔于1906年2月16日在美国众议院造币，重量和计量委员会的讲话。他所指的法案是纽约代表L. N. Littauer提出的。尽管最终没有通过，但内容如下：
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