[PDF] Encyclopaedia Of Historical Metrology Weights And Measures eBook

Author : Jan Gyllenbok
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 691 pages
File Size : 44,25 MB
Release : 2018-04-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319575988

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This first of three volumes starts with a short introduction to historical metrology as a scientific discipline and goes on with an anthology of acient and modern measurement systems of all kind, scientific measures, units of time, weights, currencies etc. It concludes with an exhaustive list of references. 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 essence of the work is an alphabetically ordered, comprehensive list of measurement nomenclature, units and scales. It provides an understanding of almost all quantitative expressions observed in all imaginable situations, including spelling variants and the abbreviations and symbols for units, and various acronyms used in metrology. It 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 : Jan Gyllenbok
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 977 pages
File Size : 49,67 MB
Release : 2018-04-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319666916

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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 : Jan Gyllenbok
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 925 pages
File Size : 24,29 MB
Release : 2018-04-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319667122

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This third volume of Gyllenbok's encyclopaedia of historical metrology comprises the second part of the compendium of measurement systems and currencies of all sovereign states of the modern World (J-Z). 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 : François Cardarelli
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 869 pages
File Size : 11,7 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1447100034

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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 : Frank Wigglesworth Clarke
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,96 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781020313820

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An encyclopedic reference work detailing the systems of measurement and currency used in countries around the world, with historical and cultural context. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : D. M. Dowd
Publisher : Begell House Publishers
Page : 1500 pages
File Size : 40,41 MB
Release : 2002
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ISBN : 9781567001419

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This Encyclopaedia endeavors to cover all aspects of weights and measures thoroughly andaccurately -what they are, what they do, where they come from, and how they relate to each other. If you are involved with measurement in the commercial, scientific, or technical fields, within or without the U.S.A., you will find information ere which is indispensable, interesting, or difficult to source. Should your interest be historical, sources and relationships across stretches of space and time are explored. The work is designed to help with at least two common problems: 1) Oftendifferent reference works give different values for some measures, and the reasons for this, including progress or mere error, are explained. 2) Obsolete or incorrect usages still abound in the literature and are the bane of students - these ar all investigated and the correct equivalents given. So, if you need to know the current proper measure used for the right purpose with the agreed value, or, one the other hand when and where a measure was used, how it varied over time and how it spread, then this one volume should satisfy your needs. Never before has the attempt been made to collate everything there is to know about the world's weights and measures between two covers. Each entry includes a glossary in many languages of the world.

Author : Ronald Edward Zupko
Publisher : American Philosophical Society
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 48,7 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780871691682

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The complexity of medieval & modern pre-metric weights & measures (W&M) in Britain presents an obstacle to scholarly research on Western European econ. history. The problem is: the approx. dimensions of many non-standardized measuring units, used by both the Crown & the regional & local markets, varied from time to time & from place to place; & the dimensions even of standard W&M used in any period are poorly understood. This book will clarify the confusion & bring a new focus to the field of metrology & a new understanding of the units. It includes: tables for rapid identification of all ruling English, Scottish, Irish, or Welsh sovereigns; current English Imperial, Amer. Customary, & metric units; & the basic equiv. for these W&M; & A Dict. of Brit. W&M.

Author : William D. Johnstone
Publisher : NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 22,53 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Reference
ISBN :

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A complete guide to units of measurement around the world and throughout history, presenting some 2,000 units and equivalents for measuring length, surface area, capacity, mass, and volume, as well as measures used in poetry, music, and bookmaking, and units expressing flow of water, energy, radiation, temperature, viscosity, and speed. Includes separate sections on the metric system and electrical units. Diagrams or graphs would have been helpful. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR