Liter Block Model, Moving with Metric
date: label: date made
content: ca 1997
name: label: maker
content: Federal Highway Administration
notes: label: Description
content: When folded, this flat paper object becomes a cube 10 centimeters on a side, and hence has a volume of 1000 cubic centimeters or one liter. The sides discuss units of volume, length, mass and temperature in the metric system in the context of driving on a highway. Text on the object reads: Moving With Metric. Additional text reads: U.S. Department of Transportation (/) Federal Highway Administration.
label: Description
content: This is Federal Highway Administration publication FHWA-SA-94-018, reportedly published in 1997.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: This publication is listed in the Open Library at https://openlibrary.org/books/OL17572757M/Moving_with_metric.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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: 2001.3009.04
label: catalog number
content: 2001.3009.04
label: nonaccession number
content: 2001.3009
objectType: label: Object Name
content: geometric model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .1 cm x 20 cm x 35 cm; 1/32 in x 7 7/8 in x 13 25/32 in
label: Measurements
content: folded: 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm; 3 15/16 in x 3 15/16 in x 3 15/16 in