The suffix meter means an instrument that is used to measure something. Words containing this root word include: ammeter; altimeter; anemometer; thermometer; barometer; voltmeter; odometer; speedometer; tachymeter; tachometer; radiometer; spectrometer; spherometer; Meter is actually quite different to metre, which refers to an actual unit of measurement. In the original UK English, such units of measurement are as listed below, and not containing the Americanised spelling of meter. metre; millimetre; centimetre; decimetre; kilometre
The first and only president of the Confederate States of America was Jefferson Davis, since he came to power at the very beginning of the Civil War, and after the Civil War the Confederacy ceased to be. Comments.
Bibliography of Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 â April 15, 1865) was the 1st President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery.