World Metric Standardization: An Urgent Issue. A Volume of Testimony Urging Worldwide Adoption of the Metric Units of Weights and Measures--Meter-Liter-Gram

Drury, Aubrey; Hildebrand, Clifton; Crocker, W. Mortimer; Allcock, Harry; et al

Verlag: World Metric Standardization Coucil, 1922

Beschreibung

No jacket. Spine and rear board faded, front board lightly soiled, edges lightly foxed. 1922 Hard Cover. 524 pp. Map showing worldwide use of Metric units; black-and-white photos. CONTENTS: Introduction; World Metric Standardization: An Urgent Issue; Keep the World War Won: Meter-Liter-Gram in World War and World Trade; Metric Units in the World Today; The Carnegie Committee Metric Report; The World Trade Club Advocates Metric Standardization; Organized Effort for World Metric Standardization; The World Metric Standardization Countil; Metric Legistlation Before Congress (United States of America); Who Urges Metric-Liter-Gram' Practrical Men: Pre-Eminent Americans; Leaders of the World Disarmament Conference, 1921-22; Manufacturers and Merchants; Engineers, Architects, Accountants; Scientists and Inventors; Physicians, Surgeons and Pharmacists; Agriculture and Forestry; Army and Navy; Bankers and Banking Institutions; Insurance; Lawyers and Jurists; Clergy and Religious Congregations; Educators; Authors, Artists, Editors, Publicists; Publications, Periodicals, Newspapers; Officials and Legislative Bodies; Typical World Opinion on Metric Standardization; What Will Metric Standardization Cost' Metric Advance Easily Made; How the Transition Can Be Made; Metrics in Textile Industry; Land Surveys are Expected; Re-adjusting Scales and Weights; Present Wide Use in the United States; Strange Names Can be Avoided; Now is the Time; Present Jumble Causes Great Loss; The Metric Movement Throut Britannia; A Monumental Metric Report (Rendered by British Parliamentary Committee, 1862); Select Articles on Metric Standardization: "The Metric System of Weights and Measures" by Arthur E. Kennelly; "The Metric System as an Aid to After-War World Trade" by William C. Redfield; "World Trade, World Unity and Metric Standardization" by W.H. Hammer; "The Universal Language of Quantity--Meter-Liter-Gram" by William E. Hague; "Industrial Reconstruction and the Metric System" by Harry Allcock; "Metric Units and World Trade" by Aubrey Drury; "Look It Up": World Metric Literature Clues: Reference Books; Books and Pamphlets; U.S. American Official Documents; British Parliamentary Reports, Accounts and Papers; Periodical Publications; A Discredited Document; Metric Progress in 1922; Index. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2346135

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Titel: World Metric Standardization: An Urgent ...

Verlag: World Metric Standardization Coucil

Erscheinungsdatum: 1922

Einband: Hard Cover

Zustand: Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket