Five grams. The nickel was the first U.S. coin to have its weight expressed in round metric units, back in 1866.    Yes, efforts to break this country free of the â¦ ridiculous pound-foot-fortnight-bushel system of measurement have been going on for nearly 150 years.
Dickens, Nebraska. Dickens is an unincorporated community in southwestern Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States. It lies along Nebraska Highway 23 southwest of the city of North Platte, the county seat of Lincoln County. Its elevation is 3,136 feet (956 m). The community is named for Charles Dickens.
Robert William Buss' Dickens' Dream is a hypnotic fantasy and a testament to the creative powers of one of the most celebrated writers in the English language. Buss' dreamscape depicts the great Victorian novelist Charles Dickens at his writing desk in his country home of Gads Hill Place in Higham, Kent.