The International System of Units (SI) and what it Involves: ProceedingsUri Gat Kentucky University; reproduced by National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, Va., 1972 - Metric system - 140 pages |
Contents
METRICATIONWHERE ARE | 1 |
A LOOK AT GOING METRIC | 10 |
CONSUMER CONVERSION | 16 |
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