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Is Metrication Rated "PG" or "R"

SAE Technical Papers (1906-current) Available online

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Format:
Conference/Event
Author/Creator:
Johnson, G. Stewart, author.
Conference Name:
1975 SAE International Off-Highway and Powerplant Congress and Exposition (1975-09-08 : Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States)
Language:
English
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Place of Publication:
Warrendale, PA SAE International 1975
Summary:
There seems to be a general consensus prevailing in the engineering community that conversion to Place of publication not identified metric units of measure poses no problems. If charts showing metric equivalents are evaluated, this appears to be the case. However, as Metrication is analyzed from the viewpoint of thinking in metrics and performing calculations entirely in metrics, various standards, procedures, and techniques must be followed. For this reason, familiarity with metric units is gained by associating them with physical sizes and quantities plus making everyday calculations in Place of publication not identified metric units
Notes:
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Publisher Number:
750754
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license

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