Precise dimensions : a history of units from 1791-2018 /: a history of units from 1791-2018. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Malcolm Cooper, Jim Grozier.
• Authors: Cooper, Malcolm
• Editors: Cooper, Malcolm; Grozier, Jim
• Contents: 1 The metre - DrJim Grozier (UCL) and Miss Sophie Osiecki (Cambridge); 2 From notion to precision: the SI second - Dr Rory McEvoy (National Maritime Museum); 3 Lord Rayleigh’s determination of the ohm - Prof. Edward A Davis (Cambridge); 4 Temperature scales: past, present and future: 1700~2050 - Prof. Graham Machin (NPL); 5 Kelvin’s Absolute Temperature and Its Measurement - Prof. Hasok Chang (Cambridge); 6 A brief history of the unit of chemical amount - Dr. Juris Meija (National Research Council, Canada); 7 History of the Candela - Dr Teresa Goodman (NPL); 8 The Story of Mass Standards 1791-2018 - Dr Jim Grozier (UCL), Sally Riordan, Dr. Richard Davis (International Bureau of Weights and Measures); 9 The Watt balance - Dr Bryan Kibble
• Publisher Details: Bristol : IOP Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 530.8109; Units of measurement -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780750314879; 9780750314862
• Related ISBNs: 9780750314855
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