Certificate, College Of Fellows, U.S. Metric Association
date: label: date made
content: 1995
name: label: maker
content: U.S. Metric Association
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Metric System
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Jeffrey Tinsley
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.3009.02
label: catalog number
content: 2001.3009.02
label: nonaccession number
content: 2001.3009
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (certificate material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 cm x 31 cm x 1.8 cm; 9 27/32 in x 12 7/32 in x 23/32 in