Metric System of Weights and Measures - Couverture souple

Barnard, Frederick A. P

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1408687488 ISBN 13 : 9781408687482

Editeur : Read Books, 2008

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The Metric System in the Marine Hospital Service 231 Metric Weight in the Post Office 233 State Legislation 235 SECTION 3. Diplomatic Negotiations and International Treaty-C onventions favoring the Metric System 238 The International Bureau of Weights and Measures .... 238 The General Postal Union 248 SECTION 4. Individual and organized effort in behalf of metrological reform 258 American Metrological Society 265 American Metric Bureau ..., 271 Action of Scientific and Professional A ssociations, and of Educational Institutions 292 National Academy of Sciences 293 American Association for the Advancement of Science 301 Other Societies 321 SECTION 5. The metrology of the past 346 The Foot Measure at different periods and in different localities 354 The Pound Weight at different periods and in different localities 357 Weight of a Bushel in the United States 361 SECTION 6. The chief executive officers of the government upon the metric system 367 Addendum to Section Four. Further Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 414 Prof. H. A.
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Metric System of Weights and Measures is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1872. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Read Books
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1408687488
• ISBN 13: 9781408687482
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 472
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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