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Nature 405, 13-14 (4 May 2000) | doi:10.1038/35011152

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How metrics could have saved UK car industry

Michael T. Knowles1

  1. 11 Powlett Court, Bath BA2 6QJ, UK

You recently featured a report, in the "100 years ago" column, (Nature 404, 27; 2000) on German iron manufacturing, written by the British consul in Amsterdam in 1900. He mentioned a uniform system of dimensions for articles of universal consumption, and a system of metric screw threads being fixed by a committee of engineers' associations.