Research Catalog

Title

A dictionary of weights, measures, and units / Donald Fenna.

Author

Fenna, Donald, 1932-

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

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Description

x, 331 pages; 20 cm.

Summary

"This comprehensive and authoritative dictionary provides clear definitions of all the units, prefixes, and styling of the Systeme International (SI), as well as industry-specific and traditional terms currently in usage. It shows the evolution of the original basic metric system into the sophisticated SI, and parallel developments with other units of measure and their sequential definitions and sizing." "This new reference work will prove invaluable to professional scientists, engineers and technicians, as well as to students and the general user."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Oxford paperback reference

Uniform Title

Oxford paperback reference.

Alternative Title

Weights, measures, and units

Subject

• Dictionnaires
• Measurement
• Measurement > Dictionaries
• Mesure > Dictionnaires anglais
• Metrologie
• Poids et mesures > Dictionnaires anglais
• Poids et mesures
• Poids
• Units of measurement
• Units of measurement > Dictionaries
• Unités de mesure > Dictionnaires anglais
• Unités de mesure
• Weights and Measures
• Weights and measures
• Weights and measures > Dictionaries
• Wörterbuch

Genre/Form

• Dictionaries
• Dictionaries.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-331).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available on the Internet. Access restricted to members of the Tufts University community.

System Details (note)

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Machine derived contents note: Introduction -- A-Z Dictionary -- Endnotes.

ISBN

• 0198605226
• 9780198605225
• 9780191726910 (ebook)

LCCN

^^2002072582

OCLC

49906914

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library