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

by John Bemelmans Marciano

Book Overview

The system of measurement for most of the world is the metric system, and for a time in the 1970s the United States appeared ready to switch from American standard measurement. The reasons it never... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1608199401
• ISBN13: 9781608199402
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.3"