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050	0	0	_aQC83 _b.H43 2003
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100	1		_aHebra, Alex, _d1919-
245	1	0	_aMeasure for measure : _bthe story of imperial, metric, and other units / _cAlex Hebra.
260			_aBaltimore : _bJohns Hopkins University Press, _cc2003.
300			_axiv, 215 p. : _bill. ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 205-210) and index.
505	8		_aMachine 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	_aWeights and measures _xHistory.
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/jhu051/2002001840.html
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy041/2002001840.html
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