Hebra, Alex,  1919- <br/><br/>
Measure for measure :  the story of imperial, metric, and other units / 
Alex Hebra. 
 - Baltimore :  Johns Hopkins University Press,  c2003. 
 - xiv, 215 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-210) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0801870720  
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002001840 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Weights and measures--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QC83  / .H43 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>389/.1/09