U. S. Metric Study Interim Report: Federal Government: Civilian Agencies; Second in a Series of Reports Prepared for the Congress; July 1971 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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A consensus of the individual responding entities favors 10 years as a reasonable time frame in which conversion of measurement activities in the u.s. To the use of SI units could be substantially completed. Optimum transition periods would vary for different kinds of activities. Because of this it would be essential to devise a carefully organized plan for coordination of conversion moves throughout the society.
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