Metric and other international units for agriculture
Abstract
"By the time 1980 rolls around ... the United States will be well on its way to adopting the International Standard of Units or, as it is more commonly referred to, the metric system. The International System of Units was formally adopted by the countries of the world in 1960. This system has six standard units from which all measurement can be derived. These six units are: meter (m) ... kilogram (kg) ... second (s) ... degree Kelvin ... ampere (amp) ... candela (cd)."--First page.
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