Our American System of Weights and Measures
Author : American Institute of Weights and Measures
Publisher :
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 45,15 MB
Release : 1924
Category : Metric system
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Author : American Institute of Weights and Measures
Publisher :
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 45,15 MB
Release : 1924
Category : Metric system
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Author : Jon Bosak
Publisher : Pinax
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 31,75 MB
Release : 2010-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780615376264
An essential resource for scholars and a treat for curious readers, this uniquely detailed history of American weights and measures traces these everyday standards back to their originals and explains the ancient trade system on which they are based.
Author : Daniel V. De Simone
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 21,60 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Metric system
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures
Publisher :
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 22,1 MB
Release : 1902
Category : Metric system
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Manufactures
Publisher :
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 49,43 MB
Release : 1922
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Author : Samuel Russell
Publisher :
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 20,80 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Decimal system
ISBN :
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development
Publisher :
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 36,47 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Metric system
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Author : Andro Linklater
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 26,82 MB
Release : 2003-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0452284597
In 1790, America was in enormous debt, having depleted what little money and supplies the country had during its victorious fight for independence. Before the nation's greatest asset, the land west of the Ohio River, could be sold it had to be measured out and mapped. And before that could be done, a uniform set of measurements had to be chosen for the new republic out of the morass of roughly 100,000 different units that were in use in daily life. Measuring America tells the fascinating story of how we ultimately gained the American Customary System—the last traditional system in the world—and how one man's surveying chain indelibly imprinted its dimensions on the land, on cities, and on our culture from coast to coast.
Author : Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard
Publisher :
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 35,32 MB
Release : 1879
Category : Metric system
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Author : United States. Bureau of Standards
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,66 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
Category :
ISBN : 9781021391896
This authoritative guide to the metric system offers a clear and concise overview of the history, development, and usage of this essential system of weights and measures. With definitions and examples of all the key units and measurements, this book is an invaluable resource for scientists, engineers, and anyone working in the field of international commerce. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.