United States Metric Board

United States Metric Board

The United States Metric Board was a United States government agency set up to encourage metrication. It existed from 1975 to 1982, ending when President Ronald Reagan abolished it, largely on the recommendation of Frank Mankiewicz and Lyn Nofziger. Overall, it made little impact on implementing the metric system in the United States.

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* [http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/laws/usmb.html History of the US Metric Board]


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