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Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-08-05 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
The intriguing tale of why the United States has never adopted the metric system, and what that says about us. The American standard system of measurement is a
Language: en
Pages: 321
Pages: 321
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-09-30 - Publisher: Penguin
In 1790, America was in enormous debt, having depleted what little money and supplies the country had during its victorious fight for independence. Before the n
Language: en
Pages: 400
Pages: 400
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-06-08 - Publisher: AuthorHouse
Retailers today are able to generate the critical customer information on traffic and conversion rates that turn from their traditional anecdotal reflections in
Language: en
Pages: 321
Pages: 321
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-10-24 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
The epic story of the invention of a global network of weights, scales, and instruments for measurement. Millions of transactions each day depend on a reliable
Language: en
Pages: 270
Pages: 270
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-01-01 - Publisher: Yale University Press
Measures are the subject of this unusual book, in which Robert Tavernor offers a fascinating account of the various measuring systems human beings have devised