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Last Updated: January 25, 2006
This page is maintained by Jane Kessler.

Common Weights and Measures

Offers Mathematical Notations for Orders of Magnitude, Metric prefixes and Common U.S. and Metric equivalents.

Convert It

Perform conversions with several types of measures.

Convert-me.Com

Conversion tools for weight and mass, distance, capacity and volume, area, speed, temperature, time, energy and work, circular measure and computer storage.

A Dictionary of Measures, Units and Conversions

Definitions of units, unix prefixes, conventions, measurements, and conversions maintained at the University of Exeter, Great Britain.

How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement

Browsable dictionary that includes major measurement systems and both current and historical terms maintained by Russ Rowlett, Director of the Center for Mathematics and Science Education at the University of North Carolina.

Online Conversion

Offers more than 8,000 conversions and calculators in nearly twenty categories.

Unit Conversions

Java-based program that calculates conversions of your choice.

U.S. Metric Association

Non-profit association advocating for the use of the metric system in the U.S.


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