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Author
Publisher
Crowell
Pub. Date
[1972]
Physical Desc
53 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes how accurate standards of measurements were determined for time, length and width, volume, temperature, and weight with emphasis on the advantages of the metric system.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Most of the rest of the world is on the metric system, and for a time in the 1970s America appeared ready to make the switch. Yet it never happened, and the reasons for that get to the root of who we think we are, just as the measurements are woven into the ways we think. Marciano chronicles the origins of measurement systems, the kaleidoscopic array of standards throughout Europe and the thirteen American colonies, the combination of intellect and...
Author
Series
NBS special publication volume 345
Pub. Date
1971
Physical Desc
xvii, 170 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
30 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Polly's got a pen pal - in Canada! Polly's sure that she and her new friend, Ally, will have a lot in common. When Ally writes that she's 125 centimeters tall and weighs 25 kilograms, Polly wants to know if she's the same. Polly wishes she could go and visit her -- but Ally lives 450 kilometers away! Young readers will learn about metric units like centimeters, kilograms, kilometers, and liters as they follow this story of two friends who can't be...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
31 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Marvelosissimo the Magician explains the development of standard units of measure, and shows the simplicity of calculating length, height, weight, and volume using the metric system.
Series
Agriculture handbook volume no. 697
Publisher
Economic Research Service
Pub. Date
1992.
Physical Desc
iii, 71 pages ; 28 cm.
Language
English
13) Measurement
Author
Series
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The basics of measurement and measuring tools are introduced using familiar objects such as rulers, tape measures, scales, and measuring cups.
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