Metric Conversion - How Soon?
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman - Continuing Education |
| Discipline(s): |
General Engineering, Engineering Science |
| Special Topic(s): |
History of Technology |
| Learning Resource Type: | Reference - Article/Document |
| Media Type: | Document |
| Author(s): | Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, FHWA, DOT |
| Description: | "More than 200 years after the metric system began to spread throughout the world, the United States shares the dubious distinction with Burma and Liberia of being one of only three nations that have not converted to the modern metric system. As the only industrialized nation in the world that has not gone metric, the United States faces serious difficulties in international trade, information exchange, and in engineering and construction projects involving other nations. The Congress, the states, the private sector, and all the appropriate agencies of government, including the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), are trying to rectify this situation. " |
| Rating: | No Rating |
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| Publication Date: | November 2007 |
| Platform/Format: | WWW |
| Cost: | Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/summer95/p95su14.htm |
| Metadata: | IEEE LOM Record |
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