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Found 4 from your keywords: subject="Metric system"
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Quantifying measurement :the tyranny of numbers /
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Institute of Physics (Great Britain),Williams, Jeffrey H.Morgan & Claypool Publishers,

"Version: 20161001"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Introduction -- 1. The tyranny of numbers -- 1.1. Why we measure things -- 1.2. A little history -- 1.3. Surveying -- 1.4. Other surveys2. The error in all things -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. M?echain's 'error' in greater detail and least-s…

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Defining and measuring nature :the make of all things /
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Institute of Physics (Great Britain),Williams, Jeffrey H.Morgan & Claypool Publishers,

"Version: 20140301"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Measurement in antiquity -- Man is the measure of all things -- Seeds and cosmic forces -- The Bronze-Age -- The Roman Empire -- Further readingMeasurement in the early modern period -- 'Measured by the king's iron rod' -- Measuring the wor…

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1 online resource (various pagings) :colour illustrations.
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Defining and measuring nature :the make of all things /
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Institute of Physics (Great Britain),Williams, Jeffrey H.

"Version: 20200701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.4. Measurement in the modern world (II) -- 4.1. Envy, money, terror, and the metric system -- 4.2. The endgame -- 4.3. Avez-vous l'heure s'il vous plait? -- 4.4. Falling out of favour with the metric system5. Creating the language that is science -- 5.1. Dividing apples with oranges to make ... something different -- 5.2.…

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Second edition.
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9780750331432
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Redefining the kilogram and other SI units /
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Institute of Physics (Great Britain),Schlamminger, Stephan,

"Version: 20180901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (page 25).1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. Current directions -- Fundamental constants instead of units -- The Kibble balance -- X-ray crystal density method -- 4. Outlook.Units are at the heart of science and technology. Most measurements require units to express their result. The International System of Units (SI)…

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9780750315395
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