Reader's Digest Brochure, Living With Metrics

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Description
In 1978, in order to assist Americans adjusting to the introduction of the metric system, the editors of the magazine Reader’s Digest in Pleasantville, New York, published this 48-page illustrated paper pamphlet for consumers. It describes the interrelationships among metric units and ways to estimate them.
Further discussion considers the role of metric units in grocery shopping and cooking, home design and care, meteorology, sports, gardening, health care, and transportation.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Elton L. Howe
1978
ID Number
1989.3123.03
nonaccession number
1989.3123
catalog number
1989.3123.03
Object Name
pamphlet
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 20.5 cm x 13.2 cm x .5 cm; 8 1/16 in x 5 3/16 in x 3/16 in
place made
United States: New York, Pleasantville
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Metric System
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National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Record ID
nmah_905180
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-33a1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Pamphlet - Living with Metrics
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