Outline of the metric system with emphasis on applications in physics.
Pressure group opposing compulsory metrication. Political, consumer and transport information, discussion boards and links.
Conversion table of non-metric measures into SI and CGS.
A dictionary of units of measurement: explanations of the metric system, System Internationale (SI), English customary system, and other modern measuring systems. Plus extensive links to other measurement-related Internet resources.
A site promoting the metric system which argues why metric is better and English is worse. Provides an English-metric online calculator.
History and usage of English/Imperial/customary weights and measures, with conversion factors, and pictures. Minims, drachms, pecks, bushels, rods, poles, perches, furlongs, ounces, fathoms, pints, gallons, nails, chains, chaldrons, tods, crowns, florins, groats, farthings and guineas.
Reference information on the International System of Units (SI).
Online conversions from physics units to other physics units. Includes a comprehensive set of units with definitions.
Definitions of SI units and SI prefixes, units outside the SI, rules and style conventions, historical context for SI units, international aspects of the SI, and unit conversions.
Provides translation of unit and prefix names for the international metric system (SI) into various languages. For some, transliterations are also given.
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