Do look now, for the metric system is coming. (Etcetera)

From: Journal of Environmental Health | Date: October 1, 1993| Author: | Copyright information

For years now, there has been talk that the metric system will replace our traditional system of measurement. The time is now. Already, many American businesses are using both systems or even only the metric system. Metrics, however, will affect more than the business world. Soon the federal government will use the metric system in almost all of its dealings. Officials in local government will have to come to terms eventually with this different, although long-established, way to measure the world about us.

Our traditional measurement system is technically known as the "English ...

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