Whatever Happened to the Metric System?: How America Kept Its Feet by John Bemelmans Marciano

Whatever Happened to the Metric System?: How America Kept Its Feet

John Bemelmans Marciano

missing duration info Add in missing duration information first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
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The American standard system of measurement is a unique and odd thing to behold, with its esoteric, inconsistent standards: 12 inches in a foot, three feet in a yard, 16 ounces in a pound, 100 pennies to the dollar. For something as elemental as c...

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