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Whatever Happened to the Metric System?
Language: en
Pages: 418

Whatever Happened to the Metric System?

Authors: John Bemelmans Marciano
Categories: Mathematics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-08-05 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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The intriguing tale of why the United States has never adopted the metric system, and what that says about us. The American standard system of measurement is a
Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures
Language: en
Pages: 869

Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures

Authors: François Cardarelli
Categories: Technology & Engineering
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-12-06 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

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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 Measure of All Things
Language: en
Pages: 452

The Measure of All Things

Authors: Ken Alder
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-07-29 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

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In June 1792, amidst the chaos of the French Revolution, two intrepid astronomers set out in opposite directions on an extraordinary journey. Starting in Paris,
The United States and the Metric System
Language: en
Pages: 10

The United States and the Metric System

Authors: National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)
Categories: Metric system
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992 - Publisher:

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A Dictionary of Weights and Measures for the British Isles
Language: en
Pages: 572

A Dictionary of Weights and Measures for the British Isles

Authors: Ronald Edward Zupko
Categories: Reference
Type: BOOK - Published: 1985 - Publisher: American Philosophical Society

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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.