World in the balance :
Crease, Robert P.
World in the balance : the historic quest for an absolute system of measurement / Robert P. Crease. - London : W. W. Norton, 2012. - 317 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Noonday cannon -- Vitruvian man -- Ancient China: feet and flutes -- France: "realities of life an dlabor" -- Halting steps toward universality 99 -- "One of the greates triumphs of modern civilization" -- Metrophilia and metrophobia -- Surely you're joking, Mr. Duchamp! -- Dreams of a final standard -- Universal system -- The modern metroscape -- Au revoir, Kilogram -- Epilogue.
9780393343540 : (pbk.)
Weights and measures--History.
Measurement--History.
Metrology.
530.8
World in the balance : the historic quest for an absolute system of measurement / Robert P. Crease. - London : W. W. Norton, 2012. - 317 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Noonday cannon -- Vitruvian man -- Ancient China: feet and flutes -- France: "realities of life an dlabor" -- Halting steps toward universality 99 -- "One of the greates triumphs of modern civilization" -- Metrophilia and metrophobia -- Surely you're joking, Mr. Duchamp! -- Dreams of a final standard -- Universal system -- The modern metroscape -- Au revoir, Kilogram -- Epilogue.
9780393343540 : (pbk.)
Weights and measures--History.
Measurement--History.
Metrology.
530.8