Encyclopaedia of historical metrology, weights, and measures. Volume 2 ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jan Gyllenbok.
• Authors: Gyllenbok, Jan, 1963-
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Contents; Volume One; Volume Three; List of Symbols and Abbreviations; National Systems of Units and Currencies: A-C; 1 Abkhazia; 1.1 Currency; 2 Abyssinia; 3 Achaea; 3.1 Units of Dry Capacity; 4 Aceh Sultanate; 4.1 Currency; 4.2 Units of Length; 4.3 Units of Land Area; 4.4 Units of Capacity; 4.5 Units of Weight; 4.6 Units of Time; 5 Acre; 6 Aden; 6.1 Currency; 6.2 Units of Length; 6.3 Units of Area; 6.4 Units of Dry Capacity; 6.5 Units of Liquid Capacity; 6.6 Units of Weight; 7 Afghanistan [Formerly: Aryana and Khorasan]; 7.1 Currency; 7.2 Units of Length; 7.3 Units of Area 7.4 Units of Dry Capacity7.5 Units of Weight; 8 Ajman; 8.1 Currency; 9 Akanland; 9.1 Units of Weight; 10 Akwa Akpa [Formerly: Old Calabar and Duke Town]; 10.1 Units of Length; 10.2 Units of Liquid Capacity; 11 Albania; 11.1 Currency; 11.2 Units of Area; 11.3 Units of Dry Capacity; 11.4 Units of Liquid Capacity; 11.5 Units of Weight; 11.6 Units of Weight; 12 Algeria; 12.1 Currency; 12.2 Units of Length; 12.3 Units of Area; 12.4 Units of Dry Capacity; 12.5 Units of Liquid Capacity; 12.6 Units of Weight; 13 American Samoa (Territory of American Samoa); 13.1 Currency; 14 Andaman Islands 14.1 Units of Length14.2 Units of Capacity; 14.3 Units of Weight; 15 Andorra; 15.1 Currency; 15.2 Units of Length; 15.3 Units of Area; 15.4 Units of Dry Capacity; 15.5 Units of Liquid Capacity; 15.6 Units of Weight; 16 Anglo-Egyptian Sudan; 17 Angola; 17.1 Currency; 17.2 Units of Length; 17.3 Units of Dry Capacity; 17.4 Units of Liquid Capacity; 17.5 Units of Weight; 18 Anguilla; 18.1 Currency; 19 Annam Protectorate; 19.1 Units of Length; 19.2 Units of Area; 19.3 Units of Dry Capacity; 19.4 Units of Liquid Capacity; 19.5 Units of Weight; 20 Antarctica; 20.1 Currency; 21 Antigua and Barbuda 21.1 Currency21.2 Units of Length; 21.3 Units of Area; 21.4 Units of Dry Capacity; 21.5 Units of Liquid Capacity; 21.6 Units of Weight; 22 Arabia; 23 Crown of Aragon; 23.1 Kingdom of Aragon; 23.1.1 Currency; 23.1.2 Units of Length; 23.1.3 Units of Area; 23.1.4 Units of Volume; 23.1.5 Units of Dry Capacity; 23.1.6 Units of Liquid Capacity; 23.1.7 Units of Weight; 23.2 Kingdom of Valencia; 23.2.1 Currency; 23.2.2 Units of Length; 23.2.3 Units of Area; 23.2.4 Units of Volume; 23.2.5 Units of Dry Capacity; 23.2.6 Units of Liquid Capacity; 23.2.7 Units of Weight; 24 Argentina; 24.1 Currency 24.2 Units of Length24.3 Units of Area; 24.4 Units of Volume; 24.5 Units of Dry Capacity; 24.6 Units of Liquid Capacity; 24.7 Units of Weight; 24.8 Buenos Aires; 24.8.1 Units of Length; 24.8.2 Units of Area; 24.8.3 Units of Dry Capacity; 24.8.4 Units of Liquid Capacity; 24.8.5 Units of Weight; 24.9 Catamarca; 24.9.1 Units of Length; 24.9.2 Units of Area; 24.9.3 Units of Dry Capacity; 24.9.4 Units of Liquid Capacity; 24.9.5 Units of Weight; 24.10 Córdoba; 24.10.1 Units of Length; 24.10.2 Units of Area; 24.10.3 Units of Dry Capacity; 24.10.4 Units of Liquid Capacity; 24.10.5 Units of Weight
• Publisher Details: Cham : Birkhäuser
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright 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; Encyclopedias; Electronic books; Encyclopedias; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319666914; 3319666916
• Related ISBNs: 9783319666907
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource ; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 2, 2018).
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