The Modernized Metric System: the International System of Units-SI

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Revised wall chart of the seven base units of the modernized metric system, including length, mass, time, electric current, temperature, amount of substance, luminous intensity, and plane angle.

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1 chart : col. ; 74 x 115 cm.

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United States. National Bureau of Standards. August 1981.

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  • Main Title: The Modernized Metric System: the International System of Units-SI
  • Series Title: National Bureau of Standards Reports
  • Added Title: National Bureau of Standards Reports Special Publication 304 (Revised August 1981)

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Revised wall chart of the seven base units of the modernized metric system, including length, mass, time, electric current, temperature, amount of substance, luminous intensity, and plane angle.

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1 chart : col. ; 74 x 115 cm.

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United States. National Bureau of Standards. The Modernized Metric System: the International System of Units-SI, poster, August 1981; Washington, D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc100703/: accessed March 22, 2023), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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