gas,natural | www.eren.doe.gov/femp/procurement/begin.html and
www.sierrapacific.com/services/energy and www.eren.doe.gov/buildings/consumer_information/contract.html |
gasoline | www.howstuffworks.com/question90 |
greenwich mean time | www.greenwichmeantime.com |
gold | www.petersjewelers.com/petersjewelers/goldinformation |
gross domestic product | www.bea.doc.gov and
www.polisci.com/almanac/economics/rgdp.htm |
heart rate | www.howstuffworks.com/heart
www.mayoclinic.com and do a search for "target heart rate." |
highways | www.us-highways.com and www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~jlin/signs |
horses | www.gov.on.ca/amafra/english/livestock/horses/facts/info_hands.htm |
humidity | www.lamtec.com/dew-point-calculator.htm |
insulation | www.ornl.gov/roofs+walls/insulation and www.eren.doe.gov/consumerinfo/wx.html
and www.ornl.gov/~roofs/Zip/ZipHome.html |
ISBN | www.isbn.org/standards/home/index.asp |
knitting needles | www.fibergypsy.com/common/needles.shtml and www.yarnforward.com/needleconv.html
and www.woolworks.org/bookref.html |
land measures | www.goconvert.com/cgi-bin/area.asp and www.baronage.co.uk/bphtm-02/moa-10.html |
latitude and longitude | geonames.usgs.gov/index.html and www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer/
and www.indo.com/distance |
length, common short | www.mel.nist.gov/div821/museum/timeline.htm |
light bulbs | www.eren.doe.gov/femp/procurement/pdfs/cfl.pdf and
www.sdearthtimes.com/ET_Lighting_Calc.html |
lumber | www.engineersedge.com/commercial_lumber_sizes.htm and
www.gulfsouthforest.com/english/metricconversion.htm |
metric prefixes | physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/index.html |
metric system | physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units and www.onlineconversion.com
www.metric.org/ NEW and www.admiralmetals.com/metric_conv.htm
ISO country codes: www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/index.html
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microwave ovens | www.microwavecookingforone.com/chart.html |
military time | tycho.usno.navy.mil and www.stripersurf.com/time.html |
mineral hardness scales | www.24carat.co.uk/a2z.html and www.geocities.com/unforbidden_geology and click on
"Rock & Mineral Hardness"
also www.calce.umd.edu/general/Facilities/Hardness_ad_.htm |
motor oil | www.2pass.co.uk/oil.htm and www.recycleoil.org and
www.recycleoil.org/backup/usedoil_collectioncenters.htm |
nails | www.onlineconversion.com. Click on "MIscellaneous," then click on "Nails"
www.sawdustmaking.com and www.howstuffworks.com/nail-gun.htm |
paper | www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html and
www.twics.com/~eds/paper/papersize.html and
www.artcafe.net and click on "Supplies" |
paper clips | www.officemuseum.com/paper_clips.htm |
pencils | www.pencils.com/history.html |
pH | www.epa.gov/airmarkets. Under "Environmental Issues" click on "acid rain." |
plywood | www.houseandhomesite.com/article1007.html |
points, mortgage | www.interest.com/calculators, also nt.mortgage101.com and click on "Calculators." |
pollen counts | www.pollen.com and aaaai.org/nab/reading_charts.stm |
postal rates | usps.com and click on "Postal Rates & Fees" or enter "history" in the search box. Postal rates around the world: www.postoffice.com/ NEW |
prime rate | www.forecasts.org and click on "Prime Interest Rate" or "Prime Interest Rate
Historical Data by Month." |
printers (for pcs) | www.computingreview.com and click on "Reviews." |
property | www.moore-warner.com and click on "Farm and Food Facts", then on "Important Facts About Land Descriptions." |
radio waves | imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/ems/radio.html. For information on microwaves, click on "Next Shorter Wave Length."
Also www.lbl.gov/MicroWorlds/ALSTool/EMSpec/EMSpec2.html |
rainfall | www.ccrfcd.org/raingage.htm and www.nws.noaa.gov and www.noaa.gov
Make your own rain gauge: www.miamisci.org/hurricane/rainmeasure.html |
roman numerals | www.guernsey.net/~sgibbs/roman.html |
rubber bands | www.dhc.net/~allsup/misc.htm |
sandpaper | www.woodzone.com/articles/sandpaper.
Also www.sawdustmaking.com, scroll down and click on "Sandpaper." |
scanners | www.scantips.com |
screws and bolts | www.kok.com/pr02.htm |
ships | www.navis.gr. Click on "Miscellaneous" then on "Ships and Shipping."
www.american/edu/TED/EXXON.htm |
shoes | www.allaboutdance.com. Under "Sizing and Color Charts" click on "Shoe Size Conversions." |
snow | www.nsidc.colorado.edu and www.uwyo.edu/wrds/wsc/reference/snowmeas.html and ulysses.atmos.colostate.edu/~odie/snowtxt.html and click on "U.S. Snowfall Patterns." |
social security numbers | www.epic.org/privacy/ssn |
sodium (salt) | www.olen.com/food and www.kenkuhl.com/fastfood and click on "Fast Facts."
Also www.midwestear.com/sodium.htm |
soil, garden | www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/netlinks/ces.html and www.smartgardening.com and click on "Soil pH." |
sound | www.music-injury.com/html/prevent_loss.html |
staples | www.officemuseum.com/staplers.htm |
temperature | www.infrared-thermography.com/tempchart-4.htm and www.convert-me.com |
tide tables | co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/tp4days.html and www.nodc.noaa.gov/dsdt/cwtg |
time | tycho.usno.navy.mil. Also nist.time.gov and click on your location. Also webexhibits.org/daylightsaving and
tycho.usno.navy.mil/mc_to.html NEW and
www.npl.co.uk/time/ NEW
www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html NEW |
time zones | www.timeanddate.com/worldclock and aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/world_tzones |
tires | www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars, scroll down and click on "Uniform Tire Quality Grading System" |
type faces/fonts | mydesignprimer.com and click on "Type". Also abc.planet-typography.com. |
universe (distance) | janus.astro.umd.edu/astro/distance |
vision | www.data.it/eyeweb/eotto.htm |
volume | microimg.com/science/volume_equiv |
weight | www.convert-me.com. Also ts.nist.gov, click on "Tables of Units of Measurements." |
wind | www.windsurfer.com/calculator.html and www.nws.noaa.gov |
wire | shopswarf.orcon.net.nz/wiregage.html |
zip codes | usps.com and click on "Find Zip Codes." |
