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- catalog contributor b4943844.
- catalog contributor b4943845.
- catalog created "[c1921]".
- catalog date "1921".
- catalog date "[c1921]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[c1921]".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 252-254.".
- catalog description "pt. I. History and present national status of systems of weights and measures. Origin of English and other natural systems -- Origin and spread of the metric system -- Present national status of English and metric systems -- Weights and measures in the United States -- pt. II. Use of metric and English systems in special fields. Importance of weights and measures in various fields -- Science and engineering -- Agriculture, mining, transportation, and trade -- Manufacturing -- Foreign trade -- Summary of situation regarding the use of metric and English systems in special fields -- pt. III. Arguments for and against the substitution of the metric for the English system in the United States. Intrinsic merits of the metric and English systems -- Advantages and use of metric as compared with English system in special fields -- Practicability of making a change to the metric system in the United States -- Extent and character of demand for a change to the metric system in the United States -- Comparison of metric and English as universal systems -- Summary of metric contentions and English answers.".
- catalog extent "xii, 261 p. incl. tables, diagrs.".
- catalog hasFormat "Metric versus the English system of weights and measures.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Metric versus the English system of weights and measures.".
- catalog isPartOf "Its Research report, no. 42".
- catalog isPartOf "Research report (National Industrial Conference Board) ; no. 42.".
- catalog issued "1921".
- catalog issued "[c1921]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, The Century Co.".
- catalog relation "Metric versus the English system of weights and measures.".
- catalog subject "Metric system.".
- catalog subject "QC91 .N3".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. History and present national status of systems of weights and measures. Origin of English and other natural systems -- Origin and spread of the metric system -- Present national status of English and metric systems -- Weights and measures in the United States -- pt. II. Use of metric and English systems in special fields. Importance of weights and measures in various fields -- Science and engineering -- Agriculture, mining, transportation, and trade -- Manufacturing -- Foreign trade -- Summary of situation regarding the use of metric and English systems in special fields -- pt. III. Arguments for and against the substitution of the metric for the English system in the United States. Intrinsic merits of the metric and English systems -- Advantages and use of metric as compared with English system in special fields -- Practicability of making a change to the metric system in the United States -- Extent and character of demand for a change to the metric system in the United States -- Comparison of metric and English as universal systems -- Summary of metric contentions and English answers.".
- catalog title "The metric versus the English system of weights and measures ... National Industrial Conference Board.".
- catalog type "text".