 | United States. Congress. Senate. Commerce - 1972 - 542 pages
...for metrication and the smooth functioning of all segments of our society as the United States joins the rest of the world in the use of the metric system of measurements as its official standards. We wish also to assure the Congress that this Association... | |
 | United States. General Accounting Office - 1978 - 776 pages
...of Commerce issued his report, "A METRIC AMERICA, A Decision Whose Time Has Come." The report stated that eventually the United States will join the rest of the world in using the metric system as the predominant common language of measurement. The basis for this conclusion... | |
 | William McElroy - 1990 - 412 pages
...hours, 30 minutes. Metric Conversion Table The United States is just beginning to get in step with the rest of the world in the use of the metric system for measurements. The metric system is a base-ten system, where each unit of measurement is a multiple... | |
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In summary, the results of our study indicate that eventually the United States will join the rest of the world in the use of the metric system as the predominant common language of measurement... 