Object Details
- U.S. Metric Association
- Description
- This paper certificate has a wooden frame with a glass cover. It certifies that R. Maxwell Tinsley, the father of the donor, was elected a fellow of the U.S. Metric Association on June 16, 1995. The certificate is signed by Lorelle Young, President, and Terry Richardson, Secretary, of the U.S. Metric Association.
- The U.S. Metric Association, an organization that promotes the use of metric units in the United States, was founded in 1916 as the American Metric Association.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Jeffrey Tinsley
- 1995
- ID Number
- 2001.3009.02
- catalog number
- 2001.3009.02
- nonaccession number
- 2001.3009
- Object Name
- sheet
- Physical Description
- glass (cover material)
- paper (certificate material)
- wood (frame material)
- Measurements
- overall: 25 cm x 31 cm x 1.8 cm; 9 27/32 in x 12 7/32 in x 23/32 in
- place made
- United States: California
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Metric System
- Science & Mathematics
- Measuring & Mapping
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Record ID
- nmah_905339
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-5422-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
