Book Description
Covers everything you need to know about the metric system (système internationale, SI), from its history to practical tips on conversions and problem solving.
Author : Dennis R. Brownridge
Publisher : Professional Publications Incorporated
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 19,20 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Science
ISBN :
Covers everything you need to know about the metric system (système internationale, SI), from its history to practical tips on conversions and problem solving.
Author : John Bemelmans Marciano
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 45,39 MB
Release : 2014-08-05
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 160819941X
The intriguing tale of why the United States has never adopted the metric system, and what that says about us. The American standard system of measurement is a unique and odd thing to behold with its esoteric, inconsistent standards: twelve inches in a foot, three feet in a yard, sixteen ounces in a pound, one hundred pennies to the dollar. For something as elemental as counting and estimating the world around us, it seems like a confusing tool to use. So how did we end up with it? 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. John Marciano chronicles the origins of measurement systems, the kaleidoscopic array of standards throughout Europe and the thirteen American colonies, the combination of intellect and circumstance that resulted in the metric system's creation in France in the wake of the French Revolution, and America's stubborn adherence to the hybrid United States Customary System ever since. As much as it is a tale of quarters and tenths, it is a human drama, replete with great inventors, visionary presidents, obsessive activists, and science-loving technocrats. Anyone who reads this inquisitive, engaging story will never read Robert Frost's line “miles to go before I sleep” or eat a foot-long sub again without wondering, Whatever happened to the metric system?
Author : Albert F. Kempf
Publisher : Doubleday Books
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 22,31 MB
Release : 1977-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780385110327
Explanations, definitions, exercises involving length, area, volume, and mass calculations, lists of conversion factors, and tables of equivalents help readers make a transition to the metric system
Author : Heidi Fiedler
Publisher : Walter Foster Jr.
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 20,47 MB
Release : 2017-05-22
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1633222977
Provides an introduction to the basic concepts of measurement, including common units of measurement, how to convert from one unit to another, and the difference between measures used in the United States and the metric system.
Author : Brian P. Cleary
Publisher : Lerner Digital ™
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 39,80 MB
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1512478768
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Brian Cleary and Brian Gable bring their trademark sense of humor to the subject of measuring length. A rhyming text filled with funny examples explains how to use and compare metric and U.S. customary units of length. Readers are also introduced to the tools they need to measure length—rulers, metersticks, and more.
Author : Abdelghani Hamri
Publisher :
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 42,84 MB
Release : 2020-01-25
Category :
ISBN :
Metric system refers to the internationally recognised decimalised system of measurement known as the International System of Units (SI), or to one of its predecessors. It is in widespread use, and where it is adopted, it is the only or most common system of weights and measures. It is used to measure everyday things such as the mass of a sack of flour, the height of a person, the speed of a car, and the volume of fuel in its tank. It is also used in science, industry and trade.
Author : Theodore Wildi
Publisher : Wiley-IEEE Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 37,37 MB
Release : 1995-01-15
Category : Reference
ISBN :
Metric Units and Conversion Charts A Metrication Handbook for Engineers, Technologists, and Scientists Second Edition Why waste your valuable time hunting for conversion factors, symbols, and units? With this handbook, you can convert from one measurement system to any other by means of 62 conversion charts covering almost every field of science. The charts are based on values published by the foremost authoritative sources such as the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE). The charts are universal, and so conversions can be made quickly and confidently. This much-expanded second edition has the following features: * The charts make a clear distinction between SI and other metric units by identifying SI units by red boxes. * Official symbols of all SI units are given, along with the name of the unit. * The recommended symbols for quantities are shown at the top of each chart. * A new chapter on mass, force and gravity explains how the units of force were established. * For introductory courses, chapters are included explaining quantity equations and numerical equations, together with worked-out examples. * For classroom work, over 100 review questions, together with answers.
Author : United States. National Bureau of Standards
Publisher :
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 10,32 MB
Release : 1918
Category : Metric system
ISBN :
Author : Cornelius Wandmacher
Publisher : Amer Society of Civil Engineers
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 49,88 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780784400708
Wandmacher and Johnson provide guidance for practicing engineers, students, and educators who are adopting and using the International System of Units in their engineering work.
Author : Heidi Fiedler
Publisher : Walter Foster Jr.
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 34,61 MB
Release : 2017-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1633222969
Learn basic grammar principles and literary techniques such as alliteration, metaphors, and hyperbole. Fuzzy on punctuation? Bamboozled by adverbs? Perplexed by the difference between idioms and irony? This Know-Nonsense Guide to Grammar is packed with simple definitions (commas are used to separate words in a sentence and help readers know when to pause), memorable examples (The vampire loves cooking, his teddy bear, and his goldfish.), and funny illustrations that make the rules of language easy to understand. Turn each page to learn the basic rules of grammar and parts of speech, and discover the literary devices that make good writers great, including alliteration, similes, hyperbole, and much more. Turning what can at times be dry topics into something approachable and fun, The Know-Nonsense Guide to Grammar is sure to delight readers of all ages. Flex your literary muscles, and soon you'll be a regular wordsmith!