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		"A Metric for Success." Gary P. Carver, NIST, May 1994.
		units; indeed, even George Washington and Thomas Jefferson suggested a
		The United States is the only industrialized country in the world that has
	slisweb.lis.wisc.edu /~gometric

	history
		("The United States and the Metric System: A Capsule History." NIST, 1995.
		The Metric Conversion Act was amended and strengthened in Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, which mandated that all federal agencies "go metric" by the end of the fiscal year 1992, as well as providing financial incentives for industrial metrication.
		Prior to the Treaty, the United states had already made the metric system a legal form of weights and measures in the Metric Act of 1866; however, no effort was made to switch the general usage from the English system to the Metric System.
	slisweb.lis.wisc.edu /~gometric/history.htm

	Metric Measures (NIST)
		We can still see them, but the NIST enclosure protects them so they'll still be around 100 years from now.
		I'm glad NIST helped seal up the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.
		All You Will Need to Know About Metric (For Your Everyday Life)
	www.nist.gov /public_affairs/kids/metric.htm (49 words)

	Time Standards
		Time and Frequency Division of NIST's Physics Laboratory http://www.boulder.nist.gov/timefreq/ provides official time to the United States and does research in high-precision timekeeping and frequency measurement.
		It is rarely appreciated by discussants of these respective issues that the problems are quite parallel and that insights garnered in the resolution of the difficulty in one discipline may have provocative implications for the solution of the parallel problem in the other field.
		One especially intriguing case in point concerns, in philosophy of science, the possibility of tachyons and time travel and, in philosophy of religion, the relationship between divine foreknowledge and human freedom.
	www.rdrop.com /~cary/html/time.html (4416 words)

	Math Forum Electronic Newsletter
		Mathematically Sane TAKING AMERICA'S MEASURE http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/kids/metric.htm Celebrate National Metric Week, October 6-12, 2002, using some of the resources on this web site sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
		Suggestions include techniques to use to help students, archived T2T conversations on the subject, resources from the archives of Ask Dr. Math, books for reference, and links to relevant Web sites.
	mathforum.org /electronic.newsletter/mf.intnews7.39.html (4416 words)

	Metric Measures (NIST)
		We can still see them, but the NIST enclosure protects them so they'll still be around 100 years from now.
		I'm glad NIST helped seal up the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.
		All You Will Need to Know About Metric (For Your Everyday Life)
	www.nist.gov /public_affairs/kids/metric.htm (49 words)

	NIST Metric Information and Conversions: Metric Publications
		This report, prepared for the Metric Program, at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is the result of research into and analysis of the unique data on U.S. manufacturers maintained by the Thomas Publishing Company.
		It gives guidance on the selection of metric units required to comply with the provisions of the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 (P.L. 94-169), as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (P.L. 100-418), and Executive Order (EO) 12770 of July 25, 1991.
		The "Metric Style Guide" addresses how to use metric units in written and verbal communication by addressing the metric prefixes, proper spelling of terms, how to make conversions, use of symbols, plurals, pronunciation, and decimal points.
	ts.nist.gov /ts/htdocs/200/202/mpo_pubs.htm (609 words)

	NIST and Manufacturing
		NIST is responsible for maintaining standards for the basic units of measure in the International System of Units, the modern metric system.
		Another NIST Advanced Technology Program project could develop and refine a revolutionary technique for making a wide range of hardened steel parts, slashing manufacturing costs by up to 30 percent and adding $6 billion to the U.S. economy every year.
		NIST's Manufacturing Extension Partnership, a nationwide network of assistance centers for smaller manufacturers in all 50 states, and Puerto Rico, offers experts to consult with small to mid-sized manufacturing firms.
	www.nist.gov /public_affairs/manufacturing.htm (609 words)

	Math Forum: T2T FAQ: Metric Week
		A web site sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that provides activities and resources to learn about the metric system.
		Moving with Metric - Department Of Transportation, Olympia, WA SI - The International System of Units, a modernized version of the metric system established by international agreement.
		If you are looking for some ways to celebrate math in your math class, introduce or reinforce the metric system, or if you would like to suggest some school-wide thematic activities, you are certain to find ideas on this page to help you design a Metric Week that students will enjoy.
	mathforum.org /t2t/faq/faq.metric.html (593 words)

	NIST Metric Information and Conversions: Home Page
		The Metric Program (MP) is part of the Weights and Measures Division within NIST's Technology Services.
		NIST offers links to metric conversion tables and Metric Conversion Programs/Tools.
		Preferred Metric Units for General Use by the Federal Government (Fed. Std.
	ts.nist.gov /ts/htdocs/200/202/mpo_home.htm (297 words)

	NCTM: News & Hot Topics: Celebrate National Metric Week
		The NIST Metric Program provides links to metric-related educational resources as well as information about the metric system.
		Metric Mania Lessons offers metric lessons and activities, many of which include student worksheets in PDF format.
		This fall the week of October 9–15 (the 10th month of the year and the week containing the 10th day) will be set aside to celebrate the metric system.
	www.nctm.org /meetings/metric-week.htm (266 words)

	Tonne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For the United States, metric ton is the name for this unit used and recommended by NIST.
		Like grams and kilograms, tonnes have also given rise to a force unit of the same name: 1 tonne-force = 9.80665 kilonewtons (kN), a unit also often called simply "tonne" or "metric ton" without identifying it as a unit of force.
		The ton of TNT or tonne of Trinitrotoluene is a unit of energy with the tonne as a proxy term.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tonne (336 words)

	Tonne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For the United States, metric ton is the name for this unit used and recommended by NIST.
		A tonne, sometimes known as metric ton in American English, (symbol t) is a unit of mass.
		Like grams and kilograms, tonnes have also given rise to a force unit of the same name: 1 tonne-force = 9.80665 kilonewtons (kN), a unit also often called simply "tonne" or "metric ton" without identifying it as a unit of force.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Metric_ton (336 words)

	NIST Metric Information and Conversions: Special Pub 814
		The transition to use of metric units in Government publications should be made as publications are revised on normal schedules or new publications are developed, or as metric publications are required in support of metric usage pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section.
		Metric system means the International System of Units (SI) established by the General Conference of Weights and Measures in 1960, as interpreted or modified from time to time for the United States by the Secretary of Commerce under the authority of the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 and the Metric Education Act of 1978.
		Metric usage shall not be required to the extent that such use is impracticRI or is likely to cause significant inefficiencies or loss of markets to United States firms.
	ts.nist.gov /ts/htdocs/200/202/pub814.htm (6956 words)

	A Metric America: "A Decision Whose Time Has Come" - For Real (NISTIR 4858)
		The Department of Commerce has long been concerned with the technical aspects of metric usage through NIST's role as the nation's science and engineering laboratory for measurement technology and research on standards.
		In addition to needing time for metric policies and plans to be implemented in the federal government, visible top-management commitment to the metric transition and leadership are needed.
		The Metric Conversion Act of 1975 (amended in 1988) and a 1991 Presidential Executive Order provide both the rationale and the mandate for a transition to the use of metric units.
	ts.nist.gov /ts/htdocs/200/202/4858.htm (2191 words)

	NIST Metric Information and Conversions: Metric Conversion Programs/Tools
		All links to metric conversion software programs have been removed and NIST will not accept requests to add links to the metric website.
		We are not able to maintain an accurate list of all the metric converters available, nor can we maintain the accuracy of the web links or provide any assurances regarding the accuracy, rounding, or results of any program, nor perform a fair evaluation of their performance or features.
		Users should evaluate metric conversion software for compliance with the standards listed above.
	ts.nist.gov /ts/htdocs/200/202/mpo_reso.htm (291 words)

	A Metric for Success (NISTIR 5425)
		The chief of the NIST Metric Program chairs the interagency Metrication Operating Committee and its Steering Group, oversees the activities of the interagency functional subcommittees, and chairs the Department of Commerce Metric Committee.
		In March 1994, the Secretary adopted a strong new metric transition plan for the Department of Commerce that significantly elevates Commerce's response to the challenge initiated by the Metric Conversion Act.
		When it amended the Metric Conversion Act, Congress declared as U.S. policy that the metric system is the preferred system of weights and measures for trade and commerce.
	ts.nist.gov /ts/htdocs/200/202/5425.htm (291 words)

	Clinical Mathematics
		The NIST Metric System Teaching Site has a wealth of information on every aspect of the metric system, very clearly presented.
		Metric pressure units (based on the Pascal) are less familiar to most than metric measures of weight.
		The metric system is also known as "SI" (Systeme Internationale).
	www.udmercy.edu /crna/agm/mathweb.htm (291 words)

	Metrication
		Metric martyrs refused an appeal to the Lords Britain's five so-called "metric martyrs" were stunned by the perfunctory way in which Lord Bingham last Monday rejected their right to appeal to the House of Lords, without giving any reason other than that their case did "not give rise to points capable of rational argument".
		The Metric Martyrs were chosen by some 4000 readers of the weekly newspaper, the European Voice out of 50 nominees and in competition with strong candidates such as European Central Bank Chief Wim Duisenburg.
		One of his fellow "metric martyrs" has found evidence that the same local authority is failing to practise what it preaches on metrication.
	www.kc3.co.uk /~dt/Metrication.htm (291 words)

	NIST Metric Information and Conversions: Metric Style Guide (NISTLC 1137)
		The pronunciation of common metric units is well known, except for Pascal, which rhymes with rascal, and hectare, which rhymes with bare.
		The Metric Program seeks to accelerate the national transition to the metric system of measurement, the preferred system of weights and measures for United States trade and commerce.
		For example: 7 m, 31.4 kg, 37 °C. When a metric value is used as a one-thought modifier before a noun, hyphenating the quantity is not necessary.
	ts.nist.gov /ts/htdocs/200/202/metrsty3.htm (967 words)

	Metric Time Software: TimeZone, NucleoTime, TraxTime, ...
		atomic, time, clock, zones, ntp, nist, usno, current, date, atomi, cesium, official, utc
		time sync, synchronizer, atomic time, atomic synchronizer, time correction, time server
		Track your time on an unlimited number of projects.
	www.acidfiles.com /soft/metric-time_7.html (324 words)

	NIST Metric Information and Conversions: Home Page
		The Metric Program (MP) is part of the Weights and Measures Division within NIST's Technology Services.
		Preferred Metric Units for General Use by the Federal Government (Fed. Std.
		The United States and the Metric System (LC1136)
	ts.nist.gov /ts/htdocs/200/202/mpo_home.htm (297 words)

	NIST Metric Information and Conversions: Home Page
		The Metric Program (MP) is part of the Weights and Measures Division within NIST's Technology Services.
		Preferred Metric Units for General Use by the Federal Government (Fed. Std.
		Weights and Measures Standards of the United States: a brief history (NBS SP 447)
	ts.nist.gov /ts/htdocs/200/202/mpo_home.htm (297 words)

	International System of Units from NIST
		Definitions of the SI base units and their historical context
	physics.nist.gov /cuu/Units/index.html (39 words)

	Font measurements
		Markus Kuhn writes about typographic units and font metrics.
		It is sometimes referred to as the "Anglo-Saxon point." The value of 0.013837 inches is from the NIST Handbook 44, Appendix C.]
		This convention was used by printers in the United States and England, and is still in use by those printers who use cast metal type.
	cgm.cs.mcgill.ca /~luc/measurements.html (39 words)

	NIST Metric Information and Conversions: Home Page
		NIST offers links to metric conversion tables and Metric Conversion Programs/Tools.
		The Metric Program (MP) is part of the Weights and Measures Division within NIST's Technology Services.
		Guide for Identification and Development of Metric Standards (SD-10)
	ts.nist.gov /ts/htdocs/200/202/mpo_home.htm (39 words)

	Web Directory : Top : Science : Reference : Units_of_Measurement
		NIST Metric Information and Conversions - Factsheets, regulations and conversion tools.
		Metric 4 US - A site promoting the metric system which argues why metric is better and English is worse.
		Metric Conversion Tables to Imperial Measurements - Standard-to-metric conversion factor tables with definitions, derived units and prefixes.
	www.mirago.nl /search/directories.aspx?cat=Top/Science/Reference/Units_of_Measurement (428 words)

	Tonne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For the United States, metric ton is the name for this unit used and recommended by NIST.
		A tonne (also called metric ton) is a non- SI unit of mass, accepted for use with SI, defined as:
		Note that it is only the tonne as a unit of mass which is accepted for use with SI; the tonne-force or metric ton-force is not acceptable for use with SI.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Metric+ton (428 words)

	PEN April #1
		Consequently, NIST's Metric Program offers an array of products designed to educate the public on the history and merits of the metric system.
		YOTTA, YOTTA, YOTTA The National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) has the thankless task of trying to change American culture.
		The conference theme is "Creating Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Changing Communities." For complete conference information, including program and registration details, go to http://www.cur.org or send email to
	www.aas.org /~wgae/98may8_files/pen_april_1.html (509 words)

	SI References and Links
		The Secretary of Commerce disseminated the interpretation of the SI for the United States in a Federal Register notice, Metric System of Measurement: Interpretation of the International System of Units for the United States [63 FR 40334-40340, 1998 July 28].
		NIST also publishes NIST SP 811, Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI), which amplifies the information in SP 330 by adding stylistic guidance, a conversion table, and a checklist.
		In 1893, Coast and Geodetic Survey Bulletin 26, Fundamental Standards of Length and Mass (commonly known as "The Mendenhall Order"), was published, making the metric standards received as a part of that treaty the sole standards in the U.S. for weights and measures.
	www.cofc.edu /~frysingj/SIreferences.htm (2267 words)

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