Reader's Digest Brochure, Living With Metrics
date: label: date made
content: 1978
notes: label: Description
content: In 1978, in order to assist Americans adjusting to the introduction of the metric system, the editors of the magazine <I>Reader’s Digest</I> in Pleasantville, New York, published this 48-page illustrated paper pamphlet for consumers. It describes the interrelationships among metric units and ways to estimate them.
label: Description
content: Further discussion considers the role of metric units in grocery shopping and cooking, home design and care, meteorology, sports, gardening, health care, and transportation.
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content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Pleasantville
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
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content: Gift of Elton L. Howe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.3123.03
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content: 1989.3123
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content: 1989.3123.03
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content: pamphlet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20.5 cm x 13.2 cm x .5 cm; 8 1/16 in x 5 3/16 in x 3/16 in