NBS Special Publication, Issue 345The Bureau, 1971 |
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... impact of metrication on selected consumer activities and the possible future effects with no national program to increase metric use ; or , alternatively , with a planned program of metrication . The sample survey disclosed that a ...
... impact of metrication on selected consumer activities and the possible future effects with no national program to increase metric use ; or , alternatively , with a planned program of metrication . The sample survey disclosed that a ...
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... impact within the United States of increasing world- wide use of the metric system ? What would this impact be in the future , assuming that the use or nonuse of the metric system continues as at present , with no coor- dination among ...
... impact within the United States of increasing world- wide use of the metric system ? What would this impact be in the future , assuming that the use or nonuse of the metric system continues as at present , with no coor- dination among ...
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... impact of the worldwide in- crease in the use of the metric system on our domestic situation . This dearth of knowledge about and limited use of the metric system in our domestic food markets is probably due to reliance on the comfort ...
... impact of the worldwide in- crease in the use of the metric system on our domestic situation . This dearth of knowledge about and limited use of the metric system in our domestic food markets is probably due to reliance on the comfort ...
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... impact of a change to the metric system on consumers , completed by home economists in various educational , research and business positions . This data related principally to the possible future effects of planned metrication on ...
... impact of a change to the metric system on consumers , completed by home economists in various educational , research and business positions . This data related principally to the possible future effects of planned metrication on ...
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... impact on the consumer . Many fresh fruits and vegetables are offered in retail food markets by customary units based on the pound . In the self - service supermarket , con- sumer - size packages containing one pound or multiples of one ...
... impact on the consumer . Many fresh fruits and vegetables are offered in retail food markets by customary units based on the pound . In the self - service supermarket , con- sumer - size packages containing one pound or multiples of one ...
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