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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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12669733 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20191127120250.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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020206s2003 mdua b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2002001840 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0801870720 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Modifying agency |
DLC |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
QC83 |
| Item number |
.H43 2003 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
389/.1/09 |
| Edition number |
21 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Hebra, Alex, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1919- |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Measure for measure : |
| Remainder of title |
the story of imperial, metric, and other units / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Alex Hebra. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Baltimore : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Johns Hopkins University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
c2003. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xiv, 215 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
22 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-210) and index. |
| 505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Machine generated contents note: Preface ix --Acknowledgments xiii --1 Blessing Our Countings -- Units and Numbers 1 --2 Going to Great Lengths 23 --3 Degrees of Separation -- Angles and Solid Angles 35 --4 The "Obvious" Unit of Time 53 --5 Weighty Matters -- Of Mass and Force 61 --6 Gravimetric Standards 67 --7 The Matter with Mass 74 --8 Empire of Light -- Luminosity and Intensity 82 --9 Hot Stuff -- Temperature, Pressure, and Thermodynamics 98 --10 The Missing Link -- Energy 119 11 Compound Units --12 Invasion of Aliens and Nihilists --13 The Inter(galactic)net --14 Units, Physics, and Mathematics --Appendix -- Conversion Tables --Suggested Reading --Bibliography --Index. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Weights and measures |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Materials specified |
Publisher description |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/jhu051/2002001840.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/jhu051/2002001840.html</a> |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Materials specified |
Table of contents |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy041/2002001840.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy041/2002001840.html</a> |
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| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Universal Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type |
Books |
