Britain's conversion to "metric" (the SI) is a cultural revolution triggered by irresistible economic forces. Historically, the British and U.S. systems of weights and measures evolved under twin influences : the need for unifying national markets (without ignoring protectionist possibilities), and economic expansionism. A survey of the various stages of metrication, both legal and practical, suggests that those are still the active forces today, within a world balance modified, among others, by the emerging European Community. Evolution toward metric began many decades ago, and jingoism is far from being the only source of resistance to discarding traditional standards. Consumer protection, and national attitudes to law and institutions at...
International incertitudes, the monetary system and protectionism, by Jean-Marcel Jeanneney The pre...
British Culture and European Culture : Landmarks of a Political and Legal Evolution. The entrance o...
International audienceExchange rates are not satisfactory conversion rates for comparing, in time an...
Britain's conversion to "metric" (the SI) is a cultural revolution triggered by irresistible economi...
International audienceThe important revision of the International System of Units (SI) that has take...
On 22nd July I799 the definitive standards of the metric system, the platinum metre and the platinum...
PDFTech ReportRSN 93-1Metric systemStandardsConstruction industrySystems of measurementOregonOregon....
The change from one system of weights and measures to a new one is a far-reaching cultural revolutio...
Le syst\ue8me m\ue9trique est maintenant utilis\ue9 par presque 90 pour cent de la population du glo...
Depuis les années 1980 et surtout 1990, les économies américaine et britannique faisaient figure d’e...
The Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, the BIPM, was established by Article 1 of the Conven...
Il n'est plus besoin de démontrer que le Système International d'Unités (SI) est un fait. Il est nor...
The object of this paper is to show the contribution of J.-M. Keynes about the international standar...
Les recherches s’intéressant à la simple identification des unités de mesure du passé et à leur conv...
We review the proposal of the International Committee for Weights and Measures (Comité Internationa...
International incertitudes, the monetary system and protectionism, by Jean-Marcel Jeanneney The pre...
British Culture and European Culture : Landmarks of a Political and Legal Evolution. The entrance o...
International audienceExchange rates are not satisfactory conversion rates for comparing, in time an...
Britain's conversion to "metric" (the SI) is a cultural revolution triggered by irresistible economi...
International audienceThe important revision of the International System of Units (SI) that has take...
On 22nd July I799 the definitive standards of the metric system, the platinum metre and the platinum...
PDFTech ReportRSN 93-1Metric systemStandardsConstruction industrySystems of measurementOregonOregon....
The change from one system of weights and measures to a new one is a far-reaching cultural revolutio...
Le syst\ue8me m\ue9trique est maintenant utilis\ue9 par presque 90 pour cent de la population du glo...
Depuis les années 1980 et surtout 1990, les économies américaine et britannique faisaient figure d’e...
The Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, the BIPM, was established by Article 1 of the Conven...
Il n'est plus besoin de démontrer que le Système International d'Unités (SI) est un fait. Il est nor...
The object of this paper is to show the contribution of J.-M. Keynes about the international standar...
Les recherches s’intéressant à la simple identification des unités de mesure du passé et à leur conv...
We review the proposal of the International Committee for Weights and Measures (Comité Internationa...
International incertitudes, the monetary system and protectionism, by Jean-Marcel Jeanneney The pre...
British Culture and European Culture : Landmarks of a Political and Legal Evolution. The entrance o...
International audienceExchange rates are not satisfactory conversion rates for comparing, in time an...