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U.S. Metric Association (USMA) - national nonprofit organization, founded in 1916, which advocates U.S. conversion to the International System of Units (SI), also called the modern metric system.
Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM) - ensures world-wide uniformity of measurements and their traceability to the SI, and carries out measurement-related research (in French and English).
Metric Numbers to Remember -
International System of Units (SI) - essentials, background, and bibliography on the SI, the modern metric system.
Metric System (SI) - information on the International System.
National Institute of Standards and Technology Metric Program - helps implement the national policy to establish the metric system as the preferred system of weights and measures for U.S. trade and commerce.
Metrication.com - examines the metric system as it pertains to products, clothing, engineering, drafting, in the home, and more.
Freedom2Measure - asserts that the imposition of the metric system is an affront to one's basic rights.
Metric Conversion Chart - explains how to convert between English and metric units.
Let's Think Metric - article from a newsletter for bassoonists suggesting that North American bassoonists think seriously about changing to the metric system when dealing with reed-making and instruments.

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