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Systems of units: national and international aspects. A symposium organized by Section M on Engineering and presented December 29-30, 1958, at the Washington meeting.

Title
Systems of units: national and international aspects. A symposium organized by Section M on Engineering and presented December 29-30, 1958, at the Washington meeting. Edited by Carl F. Kayan.
Author
American Association for the Advancement of Science. Section on Engineering.
Publication
Washington, 1959.

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Additional Authors
Kayan, Carl F.
Description
x, 297 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Publication of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, no. 57
Uniform Title
Publication (American Association for the Advancement of Science) ; no. 57.
Subject
  • Weights and measures > Congresses
  • Weights and measures
  • Weights and Measures
  • Weights and measures
  • Weights and measures > Congresses
Genre/Form
  • Congress
  • proceedings (reports)
  • Conference papers and proceedings
  • Conference papers and proceedings.
  • Actes de congrès.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographies.
Contents
Standards and units / G.F. Hussey, Jr. -- Simplification of systems of units currently evolving in the electrical field / F.B. Silsbee -- Measurement problems in the instrument and laboratory apparatus fields / Ernest L. Ruh, James J. Moran, Robert D. Thompson -- Standards of measurement and nursery rhymes / Chauncey D. Leake -- Wavelength definition of the meter / Irvine C. Gardner -- Problems of unit changeover for the United Kingdom / A.H. Hughes -- American engineering system of units / Thomas H. Chilton -- Units and dimensions: thermodynamics and related areas / Newman A. Hall -- Unit systems in bearing lubrication / Dudley D. Fuller -- Nuclear engineering: opportunity for unification / V.L. Parsegian -- Modern physics has its unit problems / W.W. Havens, Jr. -- Problem of units in rocketry: Is systematization needed by the industry? / Martin Summerfield -- Transfer of basic length standards into industry / Erwin G. Loewen -- Automotive viewpoint on measurement systems / Roy P. Trowbridge -- Problems of units in creative engineering / Allen Latham, Jr. -- Design conversion problems in manufacture / James F. Young -- Agricultural measurements: needs for standardization / Harry C. Trelogan, Kenneth J. McCallister -- Metric versus English systems / John R. Townsend -- Challenge of the decimal inch / P.G. Belitsos -- Clear MKS ystem contra the obscure old technical unit system / Matts Bäckström -- Can we live in Babel? / Ralph A. Sherman -- Germany's approach to reconciling system usages / G. Ruppel -- Industrial systems changeover to the metric system: experience problems / R.W. Ernsberger -- Units and quantities / Carl C. Chambers -- Rationalization of energy units / Gustav Lorentzen -- International system of units: MKSA system in applied thermodynamics / Ernst Schmidt -- Swiss views on unit systems / Peter Grassmann -- Systems of units for international usage in refrigeration technology / P. Glansdorff -- Reflections on systems of units / Eduard Emblick -- Weights and measures in Chile / Reinhard Bressler.
LCCN
59015335
OCLC
  • ocm00534617
  • 534617
  • SCSB-385136
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library