Abstract :
The subject of oral expression of metric dimensions in drawing offices and on the shop floor has been fully discussed during recent months by the Joint Committee on Metrication set up by the Royal Society and the Council of Engineering Institutions. In the Committee´s opinion this matter warrants careful consideration by all sectors of industry if confusion is to be avoided from the outset. A consensus of opinion from all levels of industry¿shop floor to management¿is felt to be important and for this reason the Institution has been asked to give prominence to the following statement.
