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Crease, Robert P.
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Weights and measures -- History.
Measurement -- History.
Metrology.
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World in the balance...
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Crease, Robert P.
Weights and measures -- History.
Measurement -- History.
Metrology.
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World
in the
balance
: the
historic
quest
for an
absolute
system
of
measurement
/ Robert P. Crease.
by
Crease, Robert P.
W.W. Norton, c2011.
Call #:
530.81 C912w
Subjects
Weights and measures -- History.
Measurement
-- History.
Metrology.
ISBN:
9780393072983 (hardcover)
0393072983 (hardcover)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
317 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Vitruvian man -- Ancient China : feet and flutes -- West Africa : gold weights -- France : "realities of life and labor" -- Halting steps toward universality -- "One of the greatest triumphs of modern civilization" -- Metrophilia and metrophobia -- Surely you're joking, Mr. Duchamp! -- Dreams of a final standard -- Universal
system
: the Si -- The modern metroscape -- Au revoir, kilogram.
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