Author: W. A. BrownePublisher:
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Category : Money
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
The Merchants' Handbook of Money, Weights and Measures, with Their British Equivalents
Author: W. A. BrowneEncyclopaedia of Historical Metrology, Weights, and Measures
Author: Jan GyllenbokPublisher: Birkhäuser
ISBN: 3319575988
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 691
Book Description
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.
The merchants' handbook
Author: William Alfred BrownePublisher:
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Category : Foreign exchange rates
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Reference Catalogue of Current Literature
Author: The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British and Foreign Literature
Author: The Bookseller and the Stationery Trades' Journal
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ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1640
Book Description
Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.
Publisher and Bookseller
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ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1328
Book Description
Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
The English Catalogue of Books
Author: Sampson LowPublisher:
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Volumes for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.
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