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"For people who sometimes need to know how many cocoa beans are in a pound; what, again, the Doppler effect is exactly; the formula for converting miles per gallon into kilometers per liter; and other usually arcane but occasionally crucial information, an inexpensive reference developed from the renowned World Measurement Guide. Details the metric, British, and American measurement systems; covers topics alphabetically; provides 130 conversion tables; and lists abbreviations and symbols." |