Reference Shelf- Calculators and Converters/ Weights and Measurements
Calculators and Converters
- calculator.com
- Provides free access to calculators in fifteen categories including
scientific, financial, time, temperature, etc.
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- Martindale's
Calculators On-Line
- Contains over 17,000 calculators of all kinds. Especially useful
for math, science, and engineering needs.
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- Universal Currency Converter
- An easy way to determine the current exchange rate between major
international currencies.
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- Inflation
Conversion Factors for Dollars 1665 to the Present
- To convert the value of the dollar in any year from 1665 onward
to a current dollar rate, a chart is provided with an annual conversion
rate number.
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- What's
a Dollar Worth?
- Calculate the value of the dollar for any year from 1913 to the
present, as based on the Consumer Price Index. Also has estimates
from 1800 to present.
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- The
Salary Calculator
- Provides a calculator to compare salaries, cost of living, relocation
expenses, and real estate prices in cities across the U.S.
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- The 10,000 Year Calendar
- A perpetual calendar you can use to check days of the week for
dates in the past or in the future.
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- How Far Is It?
- Use this site to determine "as the crow flies" or approximate
distances between locations in the United States and elsewhere.
Major foreign cities are also included.
Weights and Measures
- Common
Equivalent Weights and Measures
- From the University of California Berkeley, a table of commonly
used weights and measures with their metric and U.S. equivalents.
For the actual conversion relationship between U.S units and metric(or
International System) units, use a list
of conversion factors maintained by the Washington State DOT.
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- Measure 4 Measure
- "A collection of interactive sites on the Web that estimate,
calculate, evaluate, translate, etc...." Divided into Science/Math,
Health, Finance, and Everything Else.
