""Project Of A New System Of Arithmetic, Weight, Measure, And Coins: Proposed To Be Called The Tonal System, With Sixteen To The Base"" is a book written by John William Nystrom and published in 1862. The book presents a proposal for a new system of measurement, based on the number 16 rather than the traditional base 10. Nystrom argues that this new system, which he calls the Tonal System, would be more efficient and practical than the current system...