Slide Chart, Metrics Made Easy
date: label: date made
content: 1977
name: label: maker
content: Danatron Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: In the 1970s, after metric units of measure had been adopted in Canada and Great Britain, some people in the United States advocated adoption of the metric system. A variety of special tables were made to help Americans convert between systems of measurement. This slide chart is one of them.
label: Description
content: The paper cardboard sleeve is joined with adhesive and printed in red, yellow, pink, black and white. The front contains a table for converting inches to millimeters, another for converting pints to liters, a third for converting feet to meters and a fourth for converting gallons to liters. The reverse has tables for miles/kilometers, ounces/grams, pounds/kilograms and oF/OC.
label: Description
content: A mark on the front reads: Metrics (/) made easy. Another reads: INCH/METRIC DIGITAL DIAL (/) A product of (/) Danatron (/) Corporation (3198 ‘C’, Airport Loop Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92828. A mark on the edge of the slide reads (as best as can be deciphered): Copyright 1977 Nelson Taxel Woodmere N.Y. 11598 Printed in U.S.A.
label: Description
content: The object was found in the collections of the Division of Work and Industry of the National Museum of American History.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Costa Mesa
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Mathematical Charts and Tables
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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: Transfer from Division of Engineering and Industry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.3078.03
label: catalog number
content: 1988.3078.03
label: nonaccession number
content: 1988.3078
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mathematical table
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .2 cm x 7.8 cm x 14.1 cm; 3/32 in x 3 1/16 in x 5 9/16 in