How you could possibly live with the metric system: (read, "You probably could") : an examination of a possible national change, written from a human factors viewpointHuman Design Advocates, 1972 - 71 pages |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
A Metric America | 14 |
Testimony of Nationally Representative Groups | 56 |
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adjustments advantages ampere anti-metric Appendix candela Celsius Chapter companies Congress Content Summary costs customary system Customary units decimal multiples decision problem dimensions documents dual economic engineering standards equipment estimates Findings or Conclusions go metric Human Factors impact of metrication increased Metric usage industry international standards International System international trade Issued July 1971 kilogram major manufacturing measurement system measurement units ment meter Methodology Metric measurement metric standards METRIC STUDY INTERIM Metric Study reports metric system Metric units metrication program multiples and sub-multiples national metrication organizations participation percent period persons practical present product classes questionnaire Reference Data report volume responses sample screw thread SD Catalogue Section selected SI units specific Standard Industrial Classification steradian STUDY INTERIM REPORT subsection survey System of Units tabulations technical tion transition U.S. customary units U.S. Metric Study weights and measures