Measurements Links

Links that lead to off-site pages about measurements, units of measure, conversions, etc. For conversion calculators and other kinds of calculators, see Math Links.

• American Weigh [americanweigh.com]. Weight/mass scales of many varieties.
• Bill's Conversion Spreadsheet [elivermore.com/conversions.htm]. The page itself has conversion info but the Excel spreadsheet is excellent.
• BIPM.fr.
  • 'Bureau International 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).'
• BWMAOnline.com. 'British Weights and Measures Association'
• ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/dictunit.htm. 'Dictionary of Units'
• FoodGeeks.com. Geeks have to eat too! Scale recipes and convert ingredients to metric and decimals.
• Google can do conversions and calculations right at the search box. EG: 10.5 cm in inches.
• Homepage.ntlworld.com/cdkaese/home.htm
  • 'The modern metric system -- metre.info'
  • Good links.
• Internet Speed Test [auditmypc.com/internet-speed-test.asp]. Test the speed of your Internet connection.
• io.com/~iareth/bignum.html 
• Metric-Conversions.org
• Metric.org.uk.
• MetricSucks.com. This must be a humor site because non-metric sucks!
• Physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units
  • 'The NIST reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty'
  • Historical backgrounds too.
• Powers of Ten [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0]. One of the more famous powers of 10 videos out there starts in Chicago. This one is by Charles and Ray Eames for IBM. It goes from 10^0 m to 10^24, then down to 10^-16.
• Scale of the Universe [scaleofuniverse.com]. An interactive, self-guided tour through the very small and the very large. Use the arrow keys.
• UNC.edu/~rowlett/units/. 'How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement'
  • The Metric System
• U.S. and World Population Clocks - POPClocks [Census.gov/main/www/popclock.html]
• US Metric Association [lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger]
  • The everyday metric system
  •  A chronology of the metric system
• Webster.com/mw/table/number.htm
• What-is-the-speed-of-light.com
• Wikipedia
  • Orders of magnitude: area, currency, data, density, energy, length, mass, numbers, power, specific, heat, capacity, speed, temperature, time, volume.
  • Conversion of units: physical unit, SI, SI base unit, SI derived unit, SI prefix, Planck units
  • Anthropic units
  • Dimensionless number
• World Wide Metric [worldwidemetric.com]
  • Conversion calculator

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