| Abstract: | The International System of Units, as the metric system is officially called, provides for a single "language" to describe weights and measures over the world. We in the United States together with the people of Brunei, Burma, and Yemen are the only ones who have not put this convenient system into effect. In the passage of the Metric Conversion Act of 1975, Congress determined that we also will adopt it, but the transition will be voluntary. |
| Genre: | USGS Unnumbered Series |
| ProdID: | 70039397 |
| Citation Author: | U.S. Geological Survey |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Think Metric; 1978; USGS Unnumbered Series; U.S. Geological Survey |
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| Citation Year: | 1978 |
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| Text: | Think Metric; 1978; USGS Unnumbered Series; U.S. Geological Survey |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/unnumbered/70039397/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/unnumbered/70039397/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sun, 1 Jan 1978 10:28 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Government Printing Office |
