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Since the inception of the International System of Units (SI) in 1960, it has always been recognised that some non-SI units, such as the litre, minute and hour, are “widely used and are expected to continue to be used for many years”.
Continue reading “Which non-SI units are accepted for use with the SI?”
Some would argue that the decline of manufacturing industry in the USA contributed to Mr Trump’s surprising victory in the Presidential election*. Others might say that manufacturing’s decline was due in part to the tardy adoption of the international system of measures. Here we look at some of the quirks of ‘English measures’, a throw back to the USA’s colonial past and still widely used in America today.
Readers may have seen versions of world maps showing ‘non-metric’ countries, usually Liberia, Myanmar and the US. The previous article on Metric Views generated comments about the qualifications for membership of this select band, and we now consider this further.
Continue reading “The metric changeover – a continuum or a barrier to surmount?”
A recent posting by NIST (the National Institute of Standards and Technology) has prompted this question: Are American labelling requirements now illegal under WTO rules?
Continue reading “Will the European Commission challenge US labelling rules?”
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