Encyclopaedia of historical metrology, weights, and measures

著者

• Gyllenbok, Jan

書誌事項

Encyclopaedia of historical metrology, weights, and measures

Jan Gyllenbok

（Science networks, historical studies, v. 56, 57, 58）

Birkhäuser, c2018

• v. 1
• v. 2
• v. 3

注記

Includes bibliographical references

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

v. 1 ISBN 9783319575964

内容説明

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.

目次

1.Introduction.- 2.Systems of Units.- 3.A-Z of Metric, Scientific and Informal Measures.- 4.Time Measurements and Calendars.- 5.Ancient Systems of Weights, Measures and Currencies.- References.

巻冊次

v. 2 ISBN 9783319666907

内容説明

This second volume of Gyllenbok's encyclopaedia of historical metrology comprises the first part of the compendium of measurement systems and currencies of all sovereign states of the modern World (A-I). 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 encyclopeadia 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.

目次

6.National Systems of Weights, Measures and Currencies, A-I.

巻冊次

v. 3 ISBN 9783319667119

内容説明

This third volume of Gyllenbok's encyclopaedia of historical metrology comprises the second part of the compendium of measurement systems and currencies of all sovereign states of the modern World (J-Z). 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 encyclopeadia 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.

目次

6.National Systems of Weights, Measures and Currencies, J-Z.- References.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB26207300
• ISBN:
  • 9783319575964
  • 9783319666907
  • 9783319667119
• 出版国コード: sz
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Cham
• ページ数/冊数: v.
• 大きさ: 27 cm
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA0751648X