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Balances : instruments, manufacturers, history
- Title
- Balances : instruments, manufacturers, history / Erich Robens, Shanath Amarasiri A. Jayaweera, Susanne Kiefer.
- Author
- Robens, Erich
- Publication
- Heidelberg ; New York : Springer, [2014]
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- Description
- xx, 730 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
- Summary
- The book deals mainly with direct mass determination by means of a conventional balances. It covers the history of the balance from the beginnings in Egypt earlier than 3000 BC to recent developments. All balance types are described with emphasis on scientific balances. Methods of indirect mass determination, which are applied to very light objects like molecules and the basic particles of matter and celestial bodies, are included. As additional guidance, today's manufacturers are listed and the profile of important companies is reviewed. Several hundred photographs, reproductions and drawings show instruments and their uses. This book includes commercial weighing instruments for merchandise and raw materials in workshops as well as symbolic weighing in the ancient Egyptian's ceremony of "Weighing of the Heart", the Greek fate balance, the Roman Justitia, Juno Moneta and Middle Ages scenes of the Last Judgement with Jesus or St. Michael and of modern balances.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- "Books and reviews": pages 686-708.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Contents
- Mass and gravity -- Weights -- Weighing -- Balances -- Balances for special applications -- Balance as symbol and art object -- Documentation and archiving -- Weighing scales manufacturers.
- Call Number
- JSE 15-52
- ISBN
- 9783642364464 (acid-free paper)
- 3642364462 (acid-free paper)
- 9783642364471 (eBook) (canceled/invalid)
- 3642364470 (eBook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2013950174
- OCLC
- 841895444
- Author
- Robens, Erich, author.
- Title
- Balances : instruments, manufacturers, history / Erich Robens, Shanath Amarasiri A. Jayaweera, Susanne Kiefer.
- Publisher
- Heidelberg ; New York : Springer, [2014]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- "Books and reviews": pages 686-708.Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Added Author
- Jayaweera, S. A. A., author.Kiefer, Susanne, author.
- Research Call Number
- JSE 15-52