The important issue of standardization of screwthreads - where the need for fastening devices in all types of apparatus or machinery has always been self-evident - was if anything even slower in Great Britain and the United States than was the case with the recognition of the metric system. Essentially, the question of international screwthread standards could only be completely resolved once the metric system had been accepted on a worldwide basis.

Inspec keywords: units (measurement); measurement systems; measurement standards

Other keywords: screwthread standards; Kelvin; Great Britain; metric system; machinery; United States

Subjects: Measurement units