Author: National Research Council (U.S.)
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 446

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Author: National Research Council (U.S.)
Publisher: National Academies
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 456

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Author: Edward Wight Washburn
Publisher: National Academies
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 450

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Author: National Research Council (U.S.)
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Category : Chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: National Research Council (U.S.).
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages :

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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448

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Author: National Research Council (U.S.).
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: François Cardarelli
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1447100034
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 869

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Mankind has a fascination with measurement. Down the centuries we have produced a plethora of incompatible and duplicatory systems for measuring everything from the width of an Egyptian pyramid to the concentration of radioactivity near a nuclear reactor and the value of the fine structure constant. With the introduction first of the metric system and of its successor the Système International d'Unités (SI), the scientific community has established a standard method of measurement based on only seven core units. The Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures converts the huge variety of units from all over the world in every period of recorded history into units of the SI. Featuring: - An A - Z of conversion tables for over 10,000 units of measurements. - Tables of the fundamental constants of nature with their units. - Listings of professional societies, and national standardization bodies for easy reference. - An extensive bibliography detailing further reading on the multifarious aspects of measurement and its units. This huge work is simply a "must have" for any reference library frequented by scientists of any discipline or by those with historical interests in units of measurement such as archaeologists.

Author: Jan Gyllenbok
Publisher: Birkhäuser
ISBN: 3319666916
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 977

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This second volume of Gyllenbok's encyclopaedia of historical metrology comprises the first part of the compendium of measurement systems and currencies of all sovereign states of the modern World (A-I). Units of measurement are of vital importance in every civilization through history. Since the early ages, man has through necessity devised various measures to assist him in everyday life. They have enabled and continue to enable us to trade in commonly and equitably understood amounts, and to investigate, understand, and control the chemical, physical, and biological processes of the natural world. The encyclopeadia will be of use not only to historians of science and technology, but also to economic and social historians and should be in every major academic and national library as standard reference work on the topic.

Author: National Research Council (U.S.)
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 496

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