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"US will be in the metric system in ten years" © Julia Forsyth
"Within the next ten years, the US will be converted to the metric system of measurement in ten years. Feet, inches, miles, and gallons will be out; meters, centimeters, kilometers, and liters will be in." - an overly-confident futuristic claim on the cover of a 1977 Rand McNally map of Texas!
I'm working on a sub-series of map-printed linocuts and saw this when I was checking out maps. Made me laugh...
"US will be in the metric system in ten years" © Julia Forsyth
"Within the next ten years, the US will be converted to the metric system of measurement in ten years. Feet, inches, miles, and gallons will be out; meters, centimeters, kilometers, and liters will be in." - an overly-confident futuristic claim on the cover of a 1977 Rand McNally map of Texas!
I'm working on a sub-series of map-printed linocuts and saw this when I was checking out maps. Made me laugh...