Hirsch S Carl

Meter means measure: the story of the metric system [by] S. Carl Hirsch. - [1st ed.] - New York : Viking Press, 1973. - 126 p. 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. [121]

Discusses the creation and development of the metric system and explains why its adoption by the United States is both inevitable and desirable.

0670473650


Metric system--Juvenile literature
Metric system
Measurement

QC92.5

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