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Household Weights and Measures Chart
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"How To Avoid Getting Burned When Buying Firewood"
Information on the Method of Sale of Carpet
Fact Sheet on Metric Labeling for Consumer Packages


For technical questions concerning the Weights and Measures Division, contact us:

Weights and Measures Division, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2600, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-2600
Phone: (301) 975-4004, Fax: (301) 926-0647, Email: owm@nist.gov

Date created: November 30, 2000
Last updated: December 4, 2002

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