The Economist Desk Companion
Subtitle: How to Measure, Convert, Calculate and Define Practically Anything (Henry Holt Reference Book)
Edition: Rev Upd Su edition
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
Published: October 1994
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780805035674
Subjects: Tables; Miscellanea; Handbooks, manuals, etc; Reference; Weights And Measures; General; Metric System; Business; Measurement
First sentence: The system outlined here is the modern form of the metric system, referred to as the International System of Units (Systeme International d'Unites, or SI), as agreed at the General Conference on Weights and Measures (Conference Generale des Piods et Mesures - CGPM) which meets in Paris at regular intervals.