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Men and measures : a history of weights and measures, ancient and modern
- Title
- Men and measures : a history of weights and measures, ancient and modern / by Edward Nicholson.
- Author
- Nicholson, Edward.
- Publication
- London : Smith, Elder & Co., 1912.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | 8210.675 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xii, 313 pages; 21 cm
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- General view of the evolution of measures -- The story of the cubits -- The story of the talents -- The involution of linear measures from weights / The origin of the English and of the Rhineland foot -- English linear measures -- Land-measures -- English commercial weights -- English measures of capacity -- The mint-pounds -- The cubic foot and the ton register -- Scots, Irish, and Welsh measures and weights -- Measures and weights of some British dominions -- Measures of value -- Measures of time -- Measures of heat and of density -- The Ells -- Foreign linear measures -- Foreign weights -- Foreign measures of capacity -- The development of meaning in the names of weights and measures -- The old measures and weights of France -- The metric system -- How the metric system works in France -- The conflict of the imperial and metric systems -- Conversion-tables of metric and imperial measures.
- LCCN
- 12011234
- OCLC
- ocm03567485
- 3567485
- SCSB-190237
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library