Revolution in Measurement: Western European Weights and Measures Since the Age of ScienceAmerican Philosophical Society, 1990 - 548 pages |
Table des matières
| 15 | |
| 16 | |
| 17 | |
| 18 | |
| 21 | |
| 22 | |
| 23 | |
| 24 | |
| 25 | |
| 26 | |
| 29 | |
| 32 | |
| 34 | |
| 40 | |
| 42 | |
| 44 | |
| 51 | |
| 63 | |
| 68 | |
| 70 | |
| 71 | |
| 158 | |
| 166 | |
| 170 | |
| 177 | |
| 178 | |
| 187 | |
| 201 | |
| 209 | |
| 210 | |
| 226 | |
| 232 | |
| 256 | |
| 257 | |
| 262 | |
| 269 | |
| 274 | |
| 293 | |
| 317 | |
| 390 | |
| 484 | |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Revolution in Measurement: Western European Weights and Measures Since the ... Ronald Edward Zupko Affichage du livre entier - 1990 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
acceptance adoption American appointed Association avoirdupois Board Britain British British Isles bushel century Commerce commission committee Commons complete considered consisted constructed contained continued cubic inches decimal Description determined distance early employed England English equal established fathoms feet Figure Finally France French gallon gold grains heavy History House hundredweight imperial important industry International Italy John land later legislation length libbre linear lines livre Location Application London marked meridian meter method Metric System métrique metrological Name and Location official once originally ounces Paris Parliament pendulum period Pfund physical piece pint poids et mesures pounds proposed quart reform regional Report Royal Science scientific scientists selected silver Society square standard system of weights Table throughout Trade troy units universal weights and measures wine yards York
Fréquemment cités
Page 446 - Narrative of the Origin and Formation of the International Association for obtaining a Uniform Decimal System of Measures, Weights, and Coins.
Page 176 - A pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum and at the level of the sea, is divided into 391 ,393 equal parts.
Page 100 - The last decade of the eighteenth and the first decade of the nineteenth century is a momentous period in the history of the roads in London and its environs.
Page 394 - Warden of the Standards on the proceedings and business of the standard weights and measures department of the Board of Trade.
Page 177 - Majesty to inquire into the subject of weights and measures, that a cubic inch of distilled water weighed in air by brass weights at the temperature of 62 degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches, is equal to 252 grains, and 456 thousandth parts of a grain...
Page 398 - A committee having been appointed to inquire into the original standards of weights and measures in the kingdom of England, to consider the laws relating thereto, and to report their observations thereupon, together with their opinion of the most effectual means for ascertaining and enforcing uniform and certain standards of weights and measures...
Page 397 - An account of a comparison lately made by some gentlemen of the Royal Society, of the standard of a yard, and the several weights lately made for their use ; with the original standards of measures and weights in the Exchequer, and some others kept for public use, at Guild-hall, Founders-hall, the Tower, etc.
Page 80 - It is determined, we find, as a certain fraction of the length of a pendulum vibrating seconds in the latitude of London.
Page 260 - The meter is the length equal to 1 650 763.73 wavelengths in vacuum of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the levels 2p10 and 5d5 of the krypton-86 atom.
Page 116 - A comparison of these two equations show that O' must coincide with S. Hence the center of suspension and the center of oscillation are interchangeable and the distance between them is the length of the equivalent simple pendulum. This is the principle of Kater's pendulum. 121. Energy Changes. The resultant force of gravity acts at C. hence the potential energy of the pendulum in any position is the same as if its mass were concentrated at C. But the pendulum does not swing as if it were concentrated...
Références à ce livre
Informations bibliographiques
| Titre | Revolution in Measurement: Western European Weights and Measures Since the Age of Science Volume 186 de American Philosophical Society: Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society Volume 186 de Memoirs Series Volume 186 de Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge, ISSN 0065-9738 Volume 186 de Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, ISSN 0065-9738 |
| Auteur | Ronald Edward Zupko |
| Édition | illustrée |
| Éditeur | American Philosophical Society, 1990 |
| ISBN | 0871691868, 9780871691866 |
| Longueur | 548 pages |
| Exporter la citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |