TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hebra,Alex
TI  - Measure for measure: the story of imperial, metric, and other units 
SN  - 0801870720 
AV  - QC83 .H43 2003
U1  - 389/.1/09 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Weights and measures
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-210) and index; 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/jhu051/2002001840.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy041/2002001840.html
ER  -