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AASHTO Metrication Clearinghouse
a service of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials to facilitate the adoption of the metric system by highway agencies and their suppliers.
(http://www.aashto.org/metric/index.html)
Freedom2Measure
asserts that the imposition of the metric system is an affront to one's basic rights.
(http://www.freedom2measure.org/)
International System of Units (SI)
essentials, background, and bibliography on the SI, the modern metric system.
(http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/index.html)
Metric Numbers to Remember
No Description available
(lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/numbers.htm)
National Institute of Standards and Technology Metric Program
helps implement the national policy to establish the metric system as the preferred system of weights and measures for U.S. trade and commerce.
(http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/200/202/mpo_hom2.htm)
Project Galactic Guide: Metric System
No Description available
(http://web.cs.city.ac.uk/pgg/article/Metric+System)
SI: The International System of Units
SI provides a logical and interconnected framework for all measurements in science, industry, and commerce.
(http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/metrics/)
Metric Reference Chart
METRIC REFERENCE CHART Measurements within the metric system are based on units of ten. Equivalent within the system can easily be calculated by moving the decimal point or adding a zero.
(http://www.mda.state.mi.us/consumer/weights/measref.html)
S.I. Units
A French lesson! It is common in scientific texts to come across measurements that are given in S.I. units. What does "S.I." stand for? S.I. is an abbreviation of Système Internationale or International System: our metric system of measurements.
(http://www.mpce.mq.edu.au/~malcolmt/measrmnt/si.htm)
Virtual Vacationland: "Hands on" Activity
METRIC MEASUREMENTS Students will make measurements of length and mass and use them to calculate conversion constants between the metric and English systems of units.
(http://www.bigelow.org/virtual/handson/metric.html)
Metric system of measurement
The Metric Conversion Act, as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act (15 U.S.C. 205) declares that the metric system is the preferred measurement system for U.S.
(http://www.pr.doe.gov/f600b115.html)
"THE UNITED STATES AND THE METRIC SYSTEM"
The United States is the only industrialized country in the world not officially using the metric system. Because of its many advantages (e.g., easy conversion between units of the same ...
(http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/200/202/lc1136a.htm)
NPD 8010.2B : USE OF THE METRIC SYSTEM OF MEASUREMENT IN NASA PROGRAMS
USE OF THE METRIC SYSTEM OF MEASUREMENT IN NASA PROGRAMS
(http://nodis.hq.nasa.gov/Library/Directives/NASA-WIDE/Policies/Program_Management/N_PD_8010_2B.html)
Otto Specs For Those Using the Metric System
bitmap resolution: 66 pixels percentimeter offset, 80 ppcm digital (max required image 120 ppcm at 102x127mm) Satin passes small square: 82x82mm small rectangles: 63x102mm,
(http://www.ottoprint.com/howmks.htm)
Lagging behind other countries, U.S. rulers don't measure up
The metric system is going to be a part of your life whether you like it or not. Personally, I like it. It's so much easier to think in terms or measurements that are all divisible
(http://www.spub.ksu.edu/ISSUES/v100/FA/n071/opn-jacobs-12.04.95.html)
Metric Action Committee
Metric Action Committee - The Information Source for People following the US Conversion to the Metric System
(http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1793/index.html)
Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math
Who invented the metric system?
(http://www.forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/problems/margagliano2.13.97.html)
metric system
(Encyclopedia.com)
(http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/08390.html)
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