Overview
- Addresses the myriad units of measurement that have arisen through the ages, from weights used by ancient cultures to the scientific units of the modern world
- Comprised from more than 4 500 published papers and books, all of which are reported in the bibliography
- Part II of the author's encyclopedia of historical metrology
Part of the book series: Science Networks. Historical Studies (SNHS, volume 57)
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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.
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Book Title: Encyclopaedia of Historical Metrology, Weights, and Measures
Book Subtitle: Volume 2
Authors: Jan Gyllenbok
Series Title: Science Networks. Historical Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66691-4
Publisher: Birkhäuser Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-66690-7Published: 24 May 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09778-3Published: 01 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-66691-4Published: 25 April 2018
Series ISSN: 1421-6329
Series E-ISSN: 2296-6080
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 968
Number of Illustrations: 262 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Science, Cultural History, Economic History, Financial History