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Pages |
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Covers (front and back) |
(5.3 MB) |
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Cover page |
(1.4 MB) |
i-ii |
Foreword |
(372 kB) |
iii |
Preface |
(798 kB) |
iv |
Contents |
(594 kB) |
v |
1. |
Introduction |
(2.7 MB) |
1-2 |
2. |
Early history of weights and measures in the United States |
(7.5 MB) |
2-6 |
3. |
Units and standards |
(1.5 MB) |
6 |
4. |
Early United States standards |
(7.4 MB) |
6-10 |
5. |
Use of metric system officially permitted |
(5.1 MB) |
10-13 |
6. |
International standards of weights and measures |
(6.1 MB) |
13-16 |
7. |
The Mendenhall Order |
(7.0 MB) |
16-20 |
8. |
Refinement of values for the yard and pound |
(1.5 MB) |
20 |
9. |
Wavelength definition of the meter |
(1.3 MB) |
21 |
10. |
Other definitions of units |
11. |
Current and historical standards of length and mass at the National Bureau of Standards |
(7.0 MB) |
21-25 |
12. |
Addendum (The period 1963-1975) |
(2.4 MB) |
25-26 |
Appendix 1 |
Bibliography |
(1.5 MB) |
27 |
Appendix 2 |
Report on the troy pound of the Mint |
Appendix 3 |
The Mendenhall Order of April 5, 1893 |
(3.3 MB) |
28-29 |
Appendix 4 |
The international nautical mile |
(3.0 MB) |
29-30 |
Appendix 5 |
The U.S. yard and pound |
(2.9 MB) |
30-31 |
Appendix 6 |
Adoption of the wavelength definition of the meter |
(2.0 MB) |
31-32 |
Appendix 7 |
Metric system of weights and measures (Federal Register Notice of June 19, 1975) |
(1.6 MB) |
33 |
Appendix 8 |
Commercial weights and measures units (Federal Register Notice of July 27, 1968) |
(1.6 MB) |
34-35 |
Appendix 9 |
Commercial weights and measures units (Federal Register Notice of February 3, 1975) |
(756 kB) |
36 |