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This comprehensive and authoritative dictionary provides clear definitions of units, prefixes, and styles of weights and measures within the Système International (SI), as well as traditional, and industry-specific units. It also includes general historical and scientific background, covering the development of the sequential definitions and sizing of units. This new reference work will prove invaluable to professional scientists, engineers, technicians as well as to students and the general user. Over 1,600 clear and concise entries complete with historical background Covers a broad range of disciplines, including astronomy, electromagnetics, geology, photography, mathematics, meteorology, physics, and temperature Notes on associated terminology Numerous tables, including the geochronologic scale and the equation of time Comprehensive coverage of the whole Système International

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INTRODUCTION; A-Z DICTIONARY; ENDNOTES

A Dictionary of Weights Measures and Units

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      Publisher OUP Oxford
      Published 8/22/2002 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780198605225
      978-0198605225
      ISBN-10 0198605226
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      Physics Engineering measurement and calibration

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This comprehensive and authoritative dictionary provides clear definitions of units, prefixes, and styles of weights and measures within the Système International (SI), as well as traditional, and industry-specific units. It also includes general historical and scientific background, covering the development of the sequential definitions and sizing of units. This new reference work will prove invaluable to professional scientists, engineers, technicians as well as to students and the general user. Over 1,600 clear and concise entries complete with historical background Covers a broad range of disciplines, including astronomy, electromagnetics, geology, photography, mathematics, meteorology, physics, and temperature Notes on associated terminology Numerous tables, including the geochronologic scale and the equation of time Comprehensive coverage of the whole Système International

      Table of Contents
      INTRODUCTION; A-Z DICTIONARY; ENDNOTES

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