Congress Inches Away from Metric Conversion.

Russell, Cristine

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Publication Date: 1974

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Congress Inches Away from Metric Conversion

Russell, Cristine

BioScience, 24, 8, 441-443, Aug 74

Reasons are discussed concerning the House of Representatives' defeat in 1974 of a bill to establish a National Metric Conversion Board which would coordinate the process of voluntary conversion to the metric system a ten-year period. A brief history of the metric system in the United States is included. (DT)

Descriptors: Federal Government, Federal Legislation, Legislation, Mathematics Education, Measurement, Metric System, Science Education

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