Move Over By Staff Writer
A reminiscence from 1956 about a boy named John who achieved a perfect score on a third grade weights and measures test. The essay notes the shift toward metric education in Cedar Rapids schools, with first grade exposure and second grade formal introduction, while many classes still use traditional units for the year.
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John
Peanut Gallery
Pepsi Generation
Joyce Cushing
Cedar Rapids
Nixon
Truman
Tyler
Metric conversion debate and signs shift in Iowa
A December congress action created a 17 member board to coordinate voluntary metric use in the United States. The plan leaves conversion optional and cites mixed attitudes, with officials noting Iowa already posts metric signs near Des Moines. Experts argue Americans will coexist with both systems for years, while some resist change.
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Congress
United States
Iowa Department of Transportation
Iowa
Des Moines
Bill Carmean
IDOT
Barbrow
U.S
Metric Conversion Factoids in NBS Tables Cited
A brief note references metric conversion factors with 2.54 cm as exact and points readers to NBS Misc. Publ. 286 Units of Weights and Measures for exact conversions. It includes a price and catalog number, and an index term 286 political.
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NBS
Metric style guide charts aid U S standard conversion
The charts prepared by the U S department of commerce and the national bureau of standards in Washington D C help readers determine how common U S standards map to metric measurements. The guide notes that familiarity with metric units suffices for most daily dealings as the United States transitions toward dual systems.
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L.E. Barbrow
National Bureau of Standards
Washington, D.C
U.S. Department of Commerce
Prefixes for metric units and their powers of ten
The text explains prefixes like kilo to form larger units such as kilogram. It notes that prefixes add factors of ten to unit names. Examples include kilo meaning a thousand and combine with gram to yield 1000 grams.
Conversions Rule Cited For Reasonable Conversion Practices
A guideline advises that unit conversions should reflect justified accuracy from the source data. It notes that 36 inches become 91 centimeters not 91.44 and 40.1 inches become 101.9 centimeters, avoiding excessive precision. A referenced Table 2 contains common conversion factors.
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