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The spread of metrication around the world in the last two centuries has been met with both support and opposition.[where?]
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The spread of metrication around the world in the last two centuries has been met with both support and opposition.[where?] The United States of America...
in Canada, proximity to the United States, and strong public opposition to metrication during the transition period. Until the 1970s, Canada traditionally...
Metrication in Australia effectively began in 1966 with the conversion to decimal currency under the auspices of the Decimal Currency Board. The conversion...
Metrication or metrification is the act or process of converting to the metric system of measurement. All over the world, countries have transitioned...
Metrication, the process of introducing the metric system of measurement in place of imperial units, has made steady progress in the United Kingdom since...
Metrication (or metrification) is the process of introducing the International System of Units, also known as SI units or the metric system, to replace...
sale of goods by quantity. Directive 80/181/EEC Metrication in the United Kingdom Metricationopposition Thoburn v Sunderland City Council The only exception...
New Zealand started metrication in 1969 with the establishment of the Metric Advisory Board (MAB) and completed metrication on 14 December 1976. Until...
Measurements Law in June 1951 that reaffirmed its intention to continue Japan's metrication, effective on the first day of 1959. An unofficial and ad hoc Metric...
1964 and—after metric conversion of the land registries—the pyeong. The metrication was not applied to imported or exported goods and remained so generally...
the government of Brian Mulroney was elected. There was heavy opposition to metrication and as a compromise the government maintains legal definitions...
shared zones to 130 km/h (81 mph). Speed limit signage is in km/h since metrication on 1 July 1974. All speed limits (with the sole exception of the South...
an advocacy group in the United Kingdom that argues for completion of metrication in the United Kingdom and advocates the use of the metric system among...
English-speaking countries with a relatively recent history of metrication (or only partial metrication), such as Britain. The length of the pitch, or field, for...
metric system. Australia pushed ahead with metrication quickly, and did this with less fuss and opposition than occurred in other countries such as the...
November 2, 2020. Aberg, J. (October 1994). "NASA Technical Memorandum – Metrication in a Global Environment" (PDF). NASA. Archived (PDF) from the original...
Historical rankings of prime ministers of Canada Leader of the Official Opposition (Canada) List of Canadian federal parliaments List of Canadian monarchs...
refuse to stop using imperial measures in his stores, attributing UK metrication to the European Union (Trago today sells goods in metric quantities,...
Folklore," Pursuit, Summer, pp. 98–100. (Phony mysteries debunked.) "Metrication: Even Pyramid Power Won't Save the Sacred Inch," TWA Ambassador, August...
Arizona portal U.S. Roads portal List of Interstate Highways in Arizona Metrication in the United States "2009 State Highway System Log" (PDF). Arizona Department...
campaigner against joining the euro and had also campaigned against metrication. Throughout his career he fought hard for the interests of British fishermen...
Saunders College Publishings. pp. 1122–27. ISBN 978-0-03-029804-2. "Metrication in other countries". USMA. US Metric Association. Retrieved 24 June 2020...
drivers respect this speed). In 1974, Australian speed limits underwent metrication: the urban speed limit of 35 mph (56 km/h) was converted to 60 km/h (37 mph);...
metrication with a target of 10 years. When the UK joined the European Economic Community in 1973, the UK re-affirmed its commitment to metrication,...
were elected. Major platform initiatives included opposition to compulsory bilingualism and metrication, abolishing the Senate, and equal representation...
Stop sign and the speed limit sign (although the "km/h" legend from metrication was removed). Some of the older signs can still be seen on some rural...
outputs (from now on specified in kilowatts, as part of Australia's metrication programme) changed as: 173/2.85: from 118 hp (88 kW) to 58 kW (78 hp)...
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