The U.S. National Grid — a major step forward in metrication. To see how it works, click here.
If you click on the picture to the left, you will see that it consists of photographs of four postage stamps, which the Australian post office issued to promote that country’s metrication program.
des Poids et Mesures
“The task of the BIPM is to ensure world-wide uniformity of measurements and their traceability to the International System of Units (SI).”
If you click on the link to the BIPM, you will be able to read about that organization, and you will also be able to check the international time.
Associate Teaching Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematics
Towson University
(2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
Stanley M. Max