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Subject:ASTM E 380 From:Paul Tremblay <pault -at- CGC -dot- NS -dot- CA> Date:Fri, 8 Dec 1995 11:20:29 -0400
At 19:03 95/12/07 -0500, you wrote:
>One of our approved sources is ASTM Standard for Metric Practice, ASTM E 380.
>I've gone nuts trying to find this on the network and either it doesn't
>exist or I'm not using the right keyword. Has anyone seen this
>document? Know where to get it? Know if it even exists?
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Copied from http://www.astm.org/PUB/metricat.html
E 380-93
Standard Practice for Use of the International System of Units (The
Modernized Metric System)
A comprehensive guide for application of the International System of Units
(SI). Includes a concise
listing of non-SI units, conversion factors for obtaining SI values, and
guidance on proper style and
usage. Adopted by Department of Defense.
34 Pages (1993), Soft Cover
$23 List; $20.70 ASTM Members
ISBN 0-8031-1788-4
Order #: PCN 03-543093-34
Quantity Prices:
50-99 copies: $9.00 each
100 Call for quote
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Paul Tremblay <pault -at- cgc -dot- ns -dot- ca>
Instructor, Canadian Coast Guard College
"I have enough trouble expressing my own views,
never mind anyone else's."
