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Why Doesn't the U.S. Use the Metric System? (2019x112)
Fecha de emisión: Abr 30, 2019
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In 1793, noted French scientist Joseph Dombey departed Le Havre, France bound for Philadelphia. His mission was to meet with Thomas Jefferson and give him two of the rarest items on Earth. Unfortunately for Dombey, fate had other intentions and storms pushed the ship he was aboard well of course.
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Sources:
https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/documents/pml/wmd/metric/1136a.pdf
https://www.gao.gov/assets/230/221472.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/appendix/appendix-g.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_metric_system
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/space/stories/orbiter100199.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendenhall_Order#Official_recognition_of_the_metric_system
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_the_United_States
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articlei#section8
https://books.google.com/books?id=GXWfglKg11MC&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=1838+gallon+231+congress&source=bl&ots=82tA6DNriE&sig=XhntAr_x7bOGbZ5PaXQcOwllI0E&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NwueUOH6KYGc0QWrwYGoAg&ved=0CC8Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/06/whos-afraid-of-the-metric-system/395057/
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/1999/10/w
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