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Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures Their SI Equivalences and Origins




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Lingua: Inglese
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Pubblicazione: 09/2004
Edizione: 1st ed. 2003. 3rd printing 2004





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Mankind has a fascination with measurement. Down the centuries we have produced a plethora of incompatible and duplicatory systems for measuring everything from the width of an Egyptian pyramid to the concentration of radioactivity near a nuclear reactor and the value of the fine structure constant. With the introduction first of the metric system and of its successor the Système International d'Unités (SI), the scientific community has established a standard method of measurement based on only seven core units.

The Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures converts the huge variety of units from all over the world in every period of recorded history into units of the SI. Featuring:
- An A - Z of conversion tables for over 10,000 units of measurements. 
- Tables of the fundamental constants of nature with their units. 
- Listings of professional societies, and national standardization bodies for easy reference.
- An extensive bibliography detailing further reading on the multifarious aspects of measurement and its units.

This huge work is simply a "must have" for any reference library frequented by scientists of any discipline or by those with historical interests in units of measurement such as archaeologists.





Sommario

1 Introduction.- 1.1 Why a Conversion Handbook?.- 1.2 How to Use This Book.- 2 The International System of Units.- 2.1 History.- 2.2 The General Conference on Weights and Measures.- 2.3 Organization of the SI.- 2.3.1 SI Base Units.- 2.3.2 SI Supplementary Units.- 2.3.3 SI Derived Units.- 2.3.4 Non-SI and SI Units Used in Combination.- 2.3.4.1 Commonly Used Legal Non-SI Units.- 2.3.4.2 Non-SI Units Defined by Experiment.- 2.3.4.3 Non-SI Units Temporarily Maintained.- 2.3.4.4 Non-SI Units Which Must be Discontinued.- 2.4 SI Prefixes.- 3 Other Systems of Units.- 3.1 MTS, MKpS, MKSA.- 3.1.1 The MKpS System.- 3.1.2 The MTS System.- 3.1.3 The MKSA (Giorgi) System.- 3.2 Cgs, Gauss, IEUS, a.u.- 3.2.1 The cgs System.- 3.2.1.1 The esu Subsystem.- 3.2.1.2 The emu Subsystem.- 3.2.2 The Gauss System.- 3.2.3 International Electrical Units.- 3.2.4 Atomic Units (a.u.).- 3.3 British and American Systems of Units.- 3.3.1 Imperial Units.- 3.3.1.1 Imperial Units of Length.- 3.3.1.1.1 UK Linear Measure.- 3.3.1.1.2 UK Nautical Measure.- 3.3.1.1.3 UK Surveyors’ Measure.- 3.3.1.2 Imperial Units of Area.- 3.3.1.2.1 UK Measures of Area.- 3.3.1.2.2 UK Surveyor’s Measure.- 3.3.1.2.3 Circular Units.- 3.3.1.3 Imperial Units of Volume and Capacity.- 3.3.1.3.1 UK Measures of Volume.- 3.3.1.3.2 UK Liquid Measure.- 3.3.1.3.3 UK Dry Measure.- 3.3.1.4 Imperial Units of Weight.- 3.3.1.4.1 UK Avoirdupois Weight.- 3.3.1.4.2 UK Apothecaries’ Weight.- 3.3.1.4.3 UK Troy Weight.- 3.3.2 The American System of Measures (US Customary Units).- 3.3.2.1 US Customary Units of Length.- 3.3.2.1.1 US Linear Measure.- 3.3.2.1.2 US Nautical Measure.- 3.3.2.1.3 US Surveyors’ Measure.- 3.3.2.2 US Customary Units of Area.- 3.3.2.2.1 US Measures of Area.- 3.3.2.2.2 US Surveyors’ Measure.- 3.3.2.2.3 Circular Units.- 3.3.2.3 US Units of Volume and Capacity.- 3.3.2.3.1 US Measures of Volume.- 3.3.2.3.2 US Liquid Measure.- 3.3.2.3.3 US Dry Measure.- 3.3.2.3.4 US Apothecaries’ Measures of Capacity.- 3.3.2.4 US Customary Units of Weight.- 3.3.2.4.1 US AvoirdupoisWeight.- 3.3.2.4.2 US Apothecaries’ Weight.- 3.3.2.4.3 US Troy Weight.- 3.3.3 Obsolete Weight and Capacity Measures.- 3.3.3.1 UK Units of Weight for Butter and Cheese.- 3.3.3.2 UK Units for Beer, Wines and Spirits.- 3.3.3.3 UK Units of Weight for Coal.- 3.3.3.4 UK Units for Clothes.- 3.3.3.5 UK and US Hay and Straw Weights.- 3.3.3.6 UK Weight for Wool.- 3.3.3.7 US Units of Capacity Used in Food Recipes.- 3.3.3.8 US Units of Capacity for Wine.- 3.3.3.9 Modern UK and US Dimensionless Units for Numbers of Paper Sheets 51 3.3.3.10 Old UK and US Dimensionless Units for Numbers of Paper Sheets.- 3.3.3.11 Old US Units for Measuring the Volume of Stacked Firewood.- 3.3.3.12 UK and US Dimensionless Counting Units.- 3.4 The Foot-Pound-Second (FPS) System.- 3.5 Ancient and Obsolete Systems of Weights and Measures.- 3.5.1 Systems from Antiquity.- 3.5.1.1 The Chinese System.- 3.5.1.1.1 Old Chinese Units of Length.- 3.5.1.1.2 Old Chinese Units of Area.- 3.5.1.1.3 Old Chinese Units of Weight.- 3.5.1.1.4 Old Chinese Units of Capacity.- 3.5.1.2 The Indian System.- 3.5.1.2.1 Old Indian Units of Length.- 3.5.1.2.2 Indian Units of Weight.- 3.5.1.2.3 Indian Units of Capacity.- 3.5.1.3 The Egyptian System.- 3.5.1.3.1 Egyptian Units of Length.- 3.5.1.3.2 Egyptian Units of Area.- 3.5.1.3.3 Egyptian Units of Weight.- 3.5.1.3.4 Egyptian Units of Capacity.- 3.5.1.4 The Assyrio-Chaldean-Persian System.- 3.5.1.4.1 Persian Units of Length.- 3.5.1.4.2 Persian Units of Area.- 3.5.1.4.3 Persian Units of Weight.- 3.5.1.4.4 Persian Units of Capacity.- 3.5.1.5 The Hebrew System.- 3.5.1.5.1 Hebrew Units of Length.- 3.5.1.5.2 Hebrew Units of Weight (Sacred System).- 3.5.1.5.3 Hebrew Units of Weight (Talmudic or Rabbinical System).- 3.5.1.5.4 Hebrew Units of Capacity (Dry).- 3.5.1.5.5 Hebrew Units of Capacity (Liquids).- 3.5.1.6 The Greek System (Attic).- 3.5.1.6.1 Greek Units of Length.- 3.5.1.6.2 Greek Units of Weight.- 3.5.1.6.3 Greek Units of Capacity (Dry).- 3.5.1.6.4 Greek Units of Capacity (Liquids).- 3.5.1.7 The Roman System.- 3.5.1.7.1 Roman Units of Length.- 3.5.1.7.2 Roman Units of Area.- 3.5.1.7.3 Roman Units of Weight.- 3.5.1.7.4 Roman Units of Capacity (Dry).- 3.5.1.7.5 Roman Units of Capacity (Liquids).- 3.5.1.8 The Arabic System.- 3.5.1.8.1 Arabic Units of Length.- 3.5.1.8.2 Arabic Units of Area.- 3.5.1.8.3 Arabic Units of Weight (System of the Prophet).- 3.5.1.8.4 Arabic Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2 Obsolete National and Regional Systems.- 3.5.2.1 Western and Southern Europe.- 3.5.2.1.1 Old French System (Ancien Regime).- 3.5.2.1.1.1 Old French Units of Length.- 3.5.2.1.1.2 Old French Units of Area.- 3.5.2.1.1.3 Old French Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.1.1.4 Old French Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.1.2 Old French System (1812-1840).- 3.5.2.1.2.1 Old French Units of Length (Metric).- 3.5.2.1.2.2 Old French Units of Weight (Metric).- 3.5.2.1.3 Old Belgian System8.- 3.5.2.1.3.1 Old Belgian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.1.3.2 Old Belgian Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.1.4 Old Swiss System.- 3.5.2.1.4.1 Old Swiss Units of Length.- 3.5.2.1.4.2 Old Swiss Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.1.4.3 Old Swiss Units of Weight (Apoth.).- 3.5.2.1.5 Old Scottish System.- 3.5.2.1.5.1 Old Scottish Units of Length.- 3.5.2.1.5.2 Old Scottish Units of Surface Area.- 3.5.2.1.5.3 Old Scottish Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.1.5.4 Old Scottish Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.1.6 Old Irish System.- 3.5.2.1.6.1 Old Irish Units of Length.- 3.5.2.1.6.2 Old Irish Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.1.7 Old Italian System.- 3.5.2.1.7.1 Old Italian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.1.7.2 Old Italian Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.1.7.3 Old Italian Measures (Regional Variations).- 3.5.2.1.8 Old Spanish System (Castillian).- 3.5.2.1.8.1 Old Spanish Units of Length.- 3.5.2.1.8.2 Old Spanish Units of Area.- 3.5.2.1.8.3 Old Spanish Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.1.8.4 Old Spanish Units of Capacity (Liquids).- 3.5.2.1.8.5 Old Spanish Units of Capacity (Dry).- 3.5.2.1.9 Old Portuguese System.- 3.5.2.1.9.1 Old Portuguese Units of Length.- 3.5.2.1.9.2 Old Portuguese Units of Area.- 3.5.2.1.9.3 Old Portuguese Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.1.9.4 Old Portuguese Units of Capacity (Dry).- 3.5.2.1.9.5 Old Portuguese Units of Capacity (Liquids).- 3.5.2.1.10 Old Maltese System.- 3.5.2.1.10.1 Old Maltese Units of Length.- 3.5.2.1.10.2 Old Maltese Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.1.10.3 Old Maltese Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.1.11 Old Balearic Islands System.- 3.5.2.1.11.1 Old Balearic Units of Length.- 3.5.2.1.11.2 Old Balearic Units of Capacity (Liquids).- 3.5.2.1.11.3 Old Balearic Units of Capacity (Dry).- 3.5.2.1.11.4 Old Balearic Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.1.12 Old Greek System.- 3.5.2.1.12.1 Old Greek Units of Length.- 3.5.2.1.12.2 Old Greek Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.1.12.3 Old Greek Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.1.13 Old Cypriot System.- 3.5.2.1.13.1 Old Cypriot Units of Length and Area.- 3.5.2.1.13.2 Old Cypriot Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.1.13.3 Old Cypriot Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.1.14 Old Turkish System.- 3.5.2.1.14.1 Old Turkish Units of Length.- 3.5.2.1.14.2 Old Turkish Units of Area.- 3.5.2.1.14.3 Old Turkish Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.1.14.4 Old Turkish Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.2 Central and Northern Europe.- 3.5.2.2.1 Old Austrian System.- 3.5.2.2.1.1 Old Austrian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.2.1.2 Old Austrian Units of Surface Area...- 3.5.2.2.1.3 Old Austrian Units of Capacity (Liquids).- 3.5.2.2.1.4 Old Austrian Units of Capacity (Dry).- 3.5.2.2.1.5 Old Austrian Units of Weight (Ordinary).- 3.5.2.2.1.6 Old Austrian Units of Weight (Apothecary).- 3.5.2.2.2 Old German System (Prussian).- 3.5.2.2.2.1 Old German Units of Length.- 3.5.2.2.2.2 Old German Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.2.2.3 Old German Units of Capacity (Dry).- 3.5.2.2.2.4 Old German Units of Capacity (Liquids).- 3.5.2.2.3 Old Yugoslavian System.- 3.5.2.2.3.1 Old Yugoslavian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.2.3.2 Old Yugoslavian Units of Surface Area.- 3.5.2.2.3.3 Old Yugoslavian Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.2.4 Old Czechoslovakian System.- 3.5.2.2.4.1 Old Czechoslovakian 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ISBN:

9781852336820

Condizione: Nuovo
Dimensioni: 235 x 155 mm Ø 1455 gr
Formato: Copertina rigida
Illustration Notes:XXIV, 848 p.
Pagine Arabe: 848
Pagine Romane: xxiv
Traduttore: Shields, M.J.


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