| Main Title |
A metric America : a decision whose time has come / |
| Author |
De Simone, Daniel V.
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| Other Authors |
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| CORP Author |
U.S. National Bureau of Standards. U.S. metric study report. |
| Publisher |
National Bureau of Standards : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., |
| Year Published |
1971 |
| OCLC Number |
00200076 |
| Subjects |
Metric system ;
Weights and measures--United States
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| Additional Subjects |
Metric system ;
Weights and measures--US
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EJBM |
QC100.U57 no.345 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
01/01/1988 |
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| Collation |
xvii, 170 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm. |
| Notes |
"Evaluates and distills the findings of the U.S. metric study." On t.p.: U.S. metric study. On cover: Report to the Congress. Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-166). |
| Contents Notes |
Perspective -- Two Centuries of Debate -- Measurement Systems -- Arguments That Have Been Made for Metric and for Customary -- Going Metric: What would it really mean? -- The Metric Question in The Context of the Future World -- Going Metric: The Broad Concensus -- Recommendation and Problems Needing Early Attention -- Benefits and costs -- Two Paths to Metric: Britain and Japan -- Appendix One: How the U.S. Metric Study was Planned and Carried out -- Appendix Two: Bibliography -- Appendix Three: ISO Recommendation R 1000. |
