In a letter about bridge building, this man was the first to use the English word catenary.
This American proposed using units of length based on pendulums in his Plan for establishing uniformity in the Coinage, Weights, and Measures of the United States. In a letter about bridge building, this man was the first to use the English word catenary. This man was the first to use the word Megalonyx to describe a certain genus of ground sloth. He created a namesake wheel cipher and many of his scientific ideas can be found in his (*) Notes on the State of Virginia . During this man's presidency, Zebulon Pike explored part of a new addition to the United States. For 10 points, name this man during whose presidency the Lewis and Clark Expedition took place.
This American proposed using units of length based on pendulums in his Plan for establishing uniformity in the Coinage, Weights, and Measures of the United States.
Thomas {Jefferson}