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1 online resource. |
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Electronic book. |
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text |
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computer |
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online resource |
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Science Networks historical studies ; volume 56 |
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Science networks historical studies ; v. 56.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 17, 2018). |
| Contents |
Intro; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Volume Two; Volume Three; List of Symbols and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Units of Weight; 2 Units of Length; 3 Units of Land Area; 4 Units of Capacity; 5 Ancient Systems of Measurement; 6 Medieval Asia; 7 Medieval Africa; 8 Diversity of Systems; 9 National Systems in Europe; 10 Modern Systems of Measurement; Systems of Units; 1 Scientific Systems of Units; 2 Systems with Three Basic Quantities; 2.1 LMT Systems (Base Quantities: Length, Mass and Time); 2.1.1 FPS System (Base Units: foot, pound (avoirdupois), and second) |
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2.1.2 MKS System (Base Units: metre, kilogram, and second)2.1.3 CGS or c.g.s. System (Base Units: centimetre, gram, and second); 2.1.4 MTS System or TMS System (Base Units: metre, tonne, and second); 2.1.5 Gaussian System (Base Units: millimetre, gram, second; centimetre, milligram, second); 2.1.6 Practical CGS Systems (Base Units: centimetre, gram, second; Additional Practical Units: ampere, ohm, volt); 2.1.7 Stroud System (Base Units: foot, pound (avoirdupois), second) |
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2.1.8 Shull and Hall System (Base Units: Mass of Electron (m), Charge of Electron (e), Rationalized Planckś Constant ())2.1.9 Kiang System (Base Units: The Charge of an Electron (e), The Speed of Light (c), The Gravitational Constant (G), A Fourt...; 2.2 Gravitational or LFT Systems (Base Quantities: Length, Force, Time); 2.2.1 Bullock System, MKpS System, m-kp-s System or m-kgf-s System (Base Units: metre, kilogram-force, second); 2.2.2 Technical FPS System, Gravitational FPS System, or ft-lbs-s System (Base Units: foot, pound-force, second); 3 Systems with Four Basic Quantities |
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3.1 Maxwell System3.2 Giorgi System or MKSOmega-System (Base Units: metre, kilogram, second, a Fourth Unit (usually the ohm)); 3.3 Hartree System (Base Units: The Bohr Radius, The Rest Mass of an Electron, The Reciprocal of Angular Velocity of the Elect...; 3.4 Kalantaroff System (Base Units: metre, second, coulomb, weber); 3.5 MKSA System (Base Units: metre, kilogram, second, ampere); 3.6 MSAO System or OASM System (Base Units: metre, second, ampere, ohm); 3.7 MKSK System or mksK System (Base Units: metre, kilogram, second, kelvin) |
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3.8 Ludovici System (Base Units: Gravitational Constant (G), Permittivity of Free Space (), Permeability of Free Space (H), El...3.9 McWeeny System (Base Units: Mass of Electron (m), Charge of Electron (e), Rationalized Planckś Constant (), Permittivity ...; 3.10 British Engineering System (Base Units: foot, pound (avoirdupois), pound-force, second); 4 Systems with More Than Four Basic Quantities; 4.1 m-k-s-A-K-cd System (Base Units: metre, kilogram, second, ampere, degree Kelvin, candela); 4.2 SI (Base Units: metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, candela) |
| Summary |
This first of three volumes starts with a short introduction to historical metrology as a scientific discipline and goes on with an anthology of acient and modern measurement systems of all kind, scientific measures, units of time, weights, currencies etc. It concludes with an exhaustive list of references. Units of measurement are of vital importance in every civilization through history. Since the early ages, man has through necessity devised various measures to assist him in everyday life. They have enabled and continue to enable us to trade in commonly and equitably understood amounts, and to investigate, understand, and control the chemical, physical, and biological processes of the natural world. The essence of the work is an alphabetically ordered, comprehensive list of measurement nomenclature, units and scales. It provides an understanding of almost all quantitative expressions observed in all imaginable situations, including spelling variants and the abbreviations and symbols for units, and various acronyms used in metrology. It will be of use not only to historians of science and technology, but also to economic and social historians and should be in every major academic and national library as standard reference work on the topic.-- Provided by publisher. |
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SpringerLink Springer English/International eBooks 2018 - Full Set |
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Available through SpringerLink. |
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Univesity staff and students only. Requires University Computer Account login off-campus. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Weights and measures -- History -- Encyclopedias.
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| ISBN |
9783319575988 (electronic bk.) |
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3319575988 (electronic bk.) |
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