Circular of the Bureau of Standards, Issue 570U.S. Government Printing Office, 1956 |
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... or modification , then the length of the foot of various rulers of tribes and groups of people . Later , by gradual evolution , it was the foot as used in succession by the Egyptians , Greeks , and Romans , brought to Britain 2.
... or modification , then the length of the foot of various rulers of tribes and groups of people . Later , by gradual evolution , it was the foot as used in succession by the Egyptians , Greeks , and Romans , brought to Britain 2.
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... various athletic organizations but this movement soon began to lose ground . In 1951 the use of metric distances in track and field events on national championship programs held under AAU auspices was restricted to Olympic years . e ...
... various athletic organizations but this movement soon began to lose ground . In 1951 the use of metric distances in track and field events on national championship programs held under AAU auspices was restricted to Olympic years . e ...
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... various gage blocks and ring gages used by industry along with some of the equipment used by NBS for this calibration ( see page 8 ) . The dictum of convenience applies not only to subdivisions of. FIGURE 2. Gage block testing . NBS Tape ...
... various gage blocks and ring gages used by industry along with some of the equipment used by NBS for this calibration ( see page 8 ) . The dictum of convenience applies not only to subdivisions of. FIGURE 2. Gage block testing . NBS Tape ...
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... various number systems associated with their origins and developments . Thus ( a ) the binary subdivision has come down to us from the Hindus , ( b ) the duodecimal system of fractions from the Romans , ( c ) the decimal system from the ...
... various number systems associated with their origins and developments . Thus ( a ) the binary subdivision has come down to us from the Hindus , ( b ) the duodecimal system of fractions from the Romans , ( c ) the decimal system from the ...
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... various countries to determine what length standard will be the most stable and the most suitable for the purpose . It is believed that a natural phenom- enon such as monochromatic radiation will be more unchangeable than a metal ...
... various countries to determine what length standard will be the most stable and the most suitable for the purpose . It is believed that a natural phenom- enon such as monochromatic radiation will be more unchangeable than a metal ...
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Page 18 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30£ square yards = 1 square rod (sq.
Page 18 - Cubic Measure 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) =1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.) 128 cubic feet = 1 cord (cd...
Page 29 - Used in assaying. The assay ton bears the same relation to the milligram that a ton of 2,000 pounds avoirdupois bears to the ounce troy; hence the weight in milligrams of precious metal obtained from one assay ton of ore gives directly the number of troy ounces to the net ton.
Page 4 - The essential features of the system were embodied in a report made to the French National Assembly by the Academy of Sciences in 1791. A number of other nations were invited to cooperate with France in establishing the new system, and Holland, Denmark...
Page 12 - When an equal-arm balance is used to compare an object with standards of mass ("weights"), the effects of variations in the acceleration of gravity are self-eliminating and need not be taken into account, but the apparent mass of the object is slightly different from the true mass because of the buoyant effects of the surrounding air. Mass can then be computed from apparent mass by applying a correction for air buoyancy. When a spring balance is used, an additional correction accounting for the local...
Page 20 - Dry Measure. — 2 pints = 1 quart; 8 quarts = 1 peck; 4 pecks = 1 bushel.
Page 14 - The mean solar day is divided into 24 hours, each hour into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds.
Page 4 - The liter is defined as the volume occupied, under standard conditions, by a quantity of pure water having a mass of 1 kilogram. This volume is very nearly equal to 1 000 cubic centimeters or 1 cubic decimeter; the actual metric equivalent i¡.
Page 20 - The meter bars, however, continue in use as a standard for most types of measurements. In the metric system, designations of multiples and subdivisions of any unit may be arrived at by combining with the name of the unit the prefixes deka, hecto, and kilo, meaning, respectively, 10, 100, and 1,000, and deci, centi, and mill!, meaning, respectively, one-tenth, onehundredth, and one-thousandth.