• DocumentCode
    1360068
  • Title

    Standards: The metric system: Its status and future: The U.S. creeps reluctantly toward metrication; the electrical engineering profession encounters few problems

  • Author

    Goldman, D.T.

  • Author_Institution
    NBS, Boulder, CO, USA
  • Volume
    18
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1981
  • fDate
    4/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    60
  • Lastpage
    63
  • Abstract
    Considers the progress towards metric conversion in the US occurring even without an enunciated national plan. Reasons for the slow progress are given and the difficulties faced in particular areas are also pointed out and it is stated that the electrical engineering profession seems to have encountered few problems. Charts of conversion to metric, with derivations and special names are presented.
  • Keywords
    measurement standards; units (measurement); measurement standards; metric system; status and future; units (measurement); Industries; Kelvin; Silicon; Standards; Weight measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.1981.6369481
  • Filename
    6369481
    • Link To Document
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