Encyclopaedia of Historical Metrology, Weights, and Measures. Volume 1 (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jan Gyllenbok.
• Authors: Gyllenbok, Jan, 1963-
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Volume Two; Volume Three; List of Symbols and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Units of Weight; 2 Units of Length; 3 Units of Land Area; 4 Units of Capacity; 5 Ancient Systems of Measurement; 6 Medieval Asia; 7 Medieval Africa; 8 Diversity of Systems; 9 National Systems in Europe; 10 Modern Systems of Measurement; Systems of Units; 1 Scientific Systems of Units; 2 Systems with Three Basic Quantities; 2.1 LMT Systems (Base Quantities: Length, Mass and Time); 2.1.1 FPS System (Base Units: foot, pound (avoirdupois), and second) 2.1.2 MKS System (Base Units: metre, kilogram, and second)2.1.3 CGS or c.g.s. System (Base Units: centimetre, gram, and second); 2.1.4 MTS System or TMS System (Base Units: metre, tonne, and second); 2.1.5 Gaussian System (Base Units: millimetre, gram, second; centimetre, milligram, second); 2.1.6 Practical CGS Systems (Base Units: centimetre, gram, second; Additional Practical Units: ampere, ohm, volt); 2.1.7 Stroud System (Base Units: foot, pound (avoirdupois), second) 2.1.8 Shull and Hall System (Base Units: Mass of Electron (m), Charge of Electron (e), Rationalized Planckś Constant ())2.1.9 Kiang System (Base Units: The Charge of an Electron (e), The Speed of Light (c), The Gravitational Constant (G), A Fourt...; 2.2 Gravitational or LFT Systems (Base Quantities: Length, Force, Time); 2.2.1 Bullock System, MKpS System, m-kp-s System or m-kgf-s System (Base Units: metre, kilogram-force, second); 2.2.2 Technical FPS System, Gravitational FPS System, or ft-lbs-s System (Base Units: foot, pound-force, second); 3 Systems with Four Basic Quantities 3.1 Maxwell System3.2 Giorgi System or MKSOmega-System (Base Units: metre, kilogram, second, a Fourth Unit (usually the ohm)); 3.3 Hartree System (Base Units: The Bohr Radius, The Rest Mass of an Electron, The Reciprocal of Angular Velocity of the Elect...; 3.4 Kalantaroff System (Base Units: metre, second, coulomb, weber); 3.5 MKSA System (Base Units: metre, kilogram, second, ampere); 3.6 MSAO System or OASM System (Base Units: metre, second, ampere, ohm); 3.7 MKSK System or mksK System (Base Units: metre, kilogram, second, kelvin) 3.8 Ludovici System (Base Units: Gravitational Constant (G), Permittivity of Free Space (), Permeability of Free Space (H), El...3.9 McWeeny System (Base Units: Mass of Electron (m), Charge of Electron (e), Rationalized Planckś Constant (), Permittivity ...; 3.10 British Engineering System (Base Units: foot, pound (avoirdupois), pound-force, second); 4 Systems with More Than Four Basic Quantities; 4.1 m-k-s-A-K-cd System (Base Units: metre, kilogram, second, ampere, degree Kelvin, candela); 4.2 SI (Base Units: metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, candela)
• Publisher Details: Cham : Birkhäuser
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 389; History; Weights and measures -- History -- Encyclopedias; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Measurement; Weights and measures; History -- Social History; Business & Economics -- Economic History; Social & cultural history; Economic history; Finance; Economic history; Science -- History; History of science; Electronic books; Encyclopedias; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319575988; 3319575988
• Related ISBNs: 9783319575964; 3319575961
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 17, 2018).
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