Posters from “Mathematics in Use, as Seen on Postage Stamps,”
The United States “Apprenticeship” commemorative pictures the micrometer caliper used in machine shop measurements. The Japanese stamp suggests that length, capacity, and mass are readily measurable. Metric units, the SI abbreviations, and conversion to metric are indicated on the stamps of Korea, Romania, and Tanzania-Kenya-Uganda.
1975 ◽
Vol 37
(2)
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pp. 641-642
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1995 ◽
Vol 53
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pp. 682-683
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1994 ◽
Vol 52
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pp. 454-455
2001 ◽
Vol 15
(01)
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pp. 53-87
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2009 ◽
1995 ◽
Vol 59
(1)
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pp. 19-57
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