Complete metric hardware source in USA - many information pages
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(Census data, maps, telephone directories, dictionaries, conversion tables, calendars, ...)
Program to download + other info
or see the next one
rather complete list of units and equivalencies - alphabetical order
Documentation for teachers
University of Berlin - Germany
All you want to know about measures in agriculture (wheat, corn, ...)
Short list of equivalencies
Tables from Berkeley
some addresses hidden at the bottom
about paper sizes ...
Quite a few, indeed.
University of Alabama - Gorgas Library
Essentially metric system, but also calendars, etc.
American Society of Civil Engineers - Committee on Metrication
History of weighing
Interesting reflexions on units - quite good : Gene enjoys accuracy !
Intro to Anglo-Saxon units from faraway.
Quizzes for seniors and activity directors.
List of other sites, with evaluation (by teachers, obviously).
Well organized. By Frank Tapson - University of Exeter
VERY nice page of the US Metric Association, by Don Hillger. Lots of info.
NIST page.
a nice file by Tom Bjornstad - Medieval Scandinavian web page.
A wealth of information on the very beginning of the metric system.
Many units - original design (and a downloadable Excel spreadsheet)
Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (French & English)
Astounding
Under perpetual construction. I enjoy it ! Please come back from time to time.