Metric System in Export Trade: Report to the International High Commission Relative to the Use of the Metric System in Export Trade |
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... country , and Dr. Rowe , secre- tary general of the International High Commission , who is intimately acquainted with South American trade problems , observed that if our exporters and manufacturers could realize the benefits which ...
... country , and Dr. Rowe , secre- tary general of the International High Commission , who is intimately acquainted with South American trade problems , observed that if our exporters and manufacturers could realize the benefits which ...
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... country con- cerned . The enterprising exporter meets these requirements as fully as possible . The factories are conservative and require education , since they are not brought directly in such close touch with foreign needs ...
... country con- cerned . The enterprising exporter meets these requirements as fully as possible . The factories are conservative and require education , since they are not brought directly in such close touch with foreign needs ...
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... countries already require metric marking of shipments ; package goods in many lines are being put up in integral ... country answers this objection . The time has passed to raise this point . The law of 1866 , making the metric system ...
... countries already require metric marking of shipments ; package goods in many lines are being put up in integral ... country answers this objection . The time has passed to raise this point . The law of 1866 , making the metric system ...
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... countries are using the metric system , and this is the only inter- national system , world standardization can best be done in metric units . ( 5 ) Some have felt that community of interest with England dic- tates that we retain the ...
... countries are using the metric system , and this is the only inter- national system , world standardization can best be done in metric units . ( 5 ) Some have felt that community of interest with England dic- tates that we retain the ...
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... countries there is some disposition to accept current products where quality and price outweigh the system in which they are manufactured . Many years ago the Waltham Watch Co. found it convenient to adopt the metric system in their ...
... countries there is some disposition to accept current products where quality and price outweigh the system in which they are manufactured . Many years ago the Waltham Watch Co. found it convenient to adopt the metric system in their ...
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Page 23 - Measures of Length 10 millimeters (mm.) = 1 centimeter (cm.) 10 centimeters = 1 decimeter (dm.) 10 decimeters = 1 meter (m.) 10 meters = 1 dekameter (Dm.) 10 dekameters = 1 hektometer (Hm.) 10 hektometers = 1 kilometer (Km.) 10 kilometers = 1 myriameter (Mm.) Measures of Surface 100 sq.