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Metric supplies and training aids |
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Metric supplies and training aids |
A PDF version of this supplies list, which is more printer-friendly, is available at: supplies-list.pdf.
| Guide to the Use of the Metric System [SI Version]
17th edition, revised 2007: A 34-page complete guide which shows the metric system units and symbols (short forms) and gives rules for using them. Appendixes contain information on technical units used in industry, conversion factors for the most commonly used units, and tips for remembering the everyday units and their sizes.
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| Plastic Ruler, 200 mm (20 cm) in length
Sturdy plastic, white with black type. A handy size that is easy to use. Has millimeter (mm) markings on one side and centimeter (cm) markings on the other side.
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| Durable Plastic Measuring Tape, 150 cm (1.5 m) long
Shows mm, cm, and dm divisions (marked in blocks of red, blue, and yellow, in alternating 10 cm segments). Easy to read. Will not fray or stretch.
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| Celsius Thermometer
Mounted on white, lightweight plastic. Measures about 5 cm wide by 15 cm long. Hole provided for hanging the thermometer. Registers from -30 °C to 50 °C. Excellent as a metric teaching or training aid.
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| Single Poster, The Metric System
A very colorful wall chart measuring 71 cm high by 53 cm wide and printed on thick glossy paper. Pictorially describes metric units for length, mass, temperature, volume, and more.
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     | Set of 5 Posters, Build Metric Awareness
A set of five colorful metric posters, each measuring 55 cm high by 32 cm wide.
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| Free Poster, The Metric System
A printed two-color (black and red) poster (28 cm by 43 cm) that shows the SI-metric units and their interrelationships. Includes all SI base and most SI derived units with special names. Posters are free for the cost of shipping and handling.
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| Available while supply lasts: Unit Converters
A plastic circular metric unit converter, distributed by General Motors in the 1970s, available free to USMA members—or $1 for non-members—while the supply lasts. Want more than one? Just add $1 for each additional converter. Here's how it works.
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| Available while supply lasts: Think Metric Mugs
This 250 mL mug is dark blue with gold printing showing names and symbols of common SI units, and is available while supplies last.
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| Conversion Factors
A comprehensive one-page table that provides conversion factors both from inch-pound units to metric system units and from metric units to inch-pound units. Shows the conversion factors for length, area, volume, torque, mass, energy/work, power, pressure/stress, force, speed, and temperature. [Shipping/handling for 1 to 3 copies: $1.00; for 4 to 9 copies: $3.00; for 10 to 30 copies: $4.00]
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Both bumper stickers read: GO METRIC. Can be affixed to notebooks, lockers, bulletin boards, etc., as well as used as a bumper sticker. Supplies of some types are limited. When ordering, please indicate whether your order is for type #2 or #3 bumper stickers.
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| Introductory Package
Contains one, each, of the following: Guide to the Use of the Metric System [SI Version], 200 mm (20 cm) ruler, 1.5 m tape measure, "Go Metric" bumper sticker, Celsius thermometer, Conversion Factor sheet, and SI Diagram. Items are pictured individually elsewhere on this page.
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| Metric Bibliography CD / Metric Today Archive CD
A Metric Bibliography CD contains an extensive bibliography of references to articles about the metric system, metrication, and related standards published in English-language magazines, newspapers, periodicals, journals, and other serial publications since the 1940s. Readable with Microsoft® Works database software. In addition, a second Metric Today Archive CD contains the complete text in PDF of all issues of Metric Today from 1966 to the current issue.
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| A Collectors' Item
U.S. postal cover (stamped and postmarked envelope) celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 (and the 25th anniversary of NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)). Postmarked during the 1985 USMA-NASA Metric Conference held at MSFC in Huntsville AL. Available while quantities last.
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| USMA Membership
Includes a subscription to USMA's bi-monthly newsletter Metric Today, as well as other member-only benefits.
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Payment must be made in U.S. currency. [Electronic (Internet) payments are not accepted.] All orders must be accompanied by remittance or MasterCard/VISA information. If business or government policy requires billing or invoicing, a $2.00 billing charge will be added.
For items not indicated as postpaid, or when ordering several different items, the following shipping/handling list may be used, if desired, to determine the amount of shipping/handling to send (instead of totaling the shipping/handling amounts shown with prices of the products):
The above rates are for shipping within the U.S. only. For orders outside the U.S., obtain information on cost of shipping/handling by e-mailing valerie.antoine@verizon.net or contacting USMA Headquarters via mail or telephone.
[Shipping/handling charges given cover the most inexpensive method of shipping. If customer needs fast delivery of the order, contact USMA (via e-mail, telephone, or fax) about the shipping/handling cost for speedy delivery.]
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Provide the following information if paying by charge card:
Or, make your check payable to: U.S. Metric Association, and mail it to: USMA, 10245 Andasol Avenue, Northridge CA 91325-1504; Phone/Fax: (818) 363-5606; E-mail: valerie.antoine@verizon.net
A PDF version of this supplies list, which is more printer-friendly, is available at: supplies-list.pdf.
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