- Author
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McCoubrey, A. O.
- Title
- Guide for the Use of the International System of Units: The Modernized Metric System.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NIST SP 811
September 1991
38 p.
- Distribution
- Available from Government Printing Office
- Keywords
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international system
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measurement units
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measures
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metricmetric conversion
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SI
- Identifiers
- The Guide for the Use of the Modernized Metric System is a practical tool for the use of authors in the preparation of technical manuscripts in conformance with the NIST policy that requires the use of the International System of Units (SI) for all publications. For this purpose, the Guide replaces Exhibit 2-D of Chapter 2 in the NBS Communications Manual for Scientific, Technical and Public Information; it has also been prepared to support the broad objectives of the NIST program for metric conversion. The Guide is further intended to replace NBS Letter Circular LC 1120 (1979) as a document suitable for distribution to other Government agencies and the public.