World Metric Standardization: An Urgent Issue. A Volume of Testimony Urging Worldwide Adoption of the Metric Units of Weights and Measures--Meter-Liter-Gram

No jacket. Spine and rear board faded, front board lightly soiled, edges lightly foxed. 1922 Hard Cover. 524 pp. Map showing worldwide use of Metric units; black-and-white photos. CONTENTS: Introduction; World Metric Standardization: An Urgent Issue; Keep the World War Won: Meter-Liter-Gram in World War and World Trade; Metric Units in the World Today; The Carnegie Committee Metric Report; The World Trade Club Advocates Metric Standardization; Organized Effort for World Metric Standardization; The World Metric Standardization Countil; Metric Legistlation Before Congress (United States of America); Who Urges Metric-Liter-Gram' Practrical Men: Pre-Eminent Americans; Leaders of the World Disarmament Conference, 1921-22; Manufacturers and Merchants; Engineers, Architects, Accountants; Scientists and Inventors; Physicians, Surgeons and Pharmacists; Agriculture and Forestry; Army and Navy; Bankers and Banking Institutions; Insurance; Lawyers and Jurists; Clergy and Religious Congregations; Educators; Authors, Artists, Editors, Publicists; Publications, Periodicals, Newspapers; Officials and Legislative Bodies; Typical World Opinion on Metric Standardization; What Will Metric Standardization Cost' Metric Advance Easily Made; How the Transition Can Be Made; Metrics in Textile Industry; Land Surveys are Expected; Re-adjusting Scales and Weights; Present Wide Use in the United States; Strange Names Can be Avoided; Now is the Time; Present Jumble Causes Great Loss; The Metric Movement Throut Britannia; A Monumental Metric Report (Rendered by British Parliamentary Committee, 1862); Select Articles on Metric Standardization: "The Metric System of Weights and Measures" by Arthur E. Kennelly; "The Metric System as an Aid to After-War World Trade" by William C. Redfield; "World Trade, World Unity and Metric Standardization" by W.H. Hammer; "The Universal Language of Quantity--Meter-Liter-Gram" by William E. Hague; "Industrial Reconstruction and the Metric System" by Harry Allcock; "Metric Units and World Trade" by Aubrey Drury; "Look It Up": World Metric Literature Clues: Reference Books; Books and Pamphlets; U.S. American Official Documents; British Parliamentary Reports, Accounts and Papers; Periodical Publications; A Discredited Document; Metric Progress in 1922; Index. …