A Dictionary of Weights, Measures and Units (Oxford Paperback Reference) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for A Dictionary of Weights, Measures and Units Presents a dictionary thay provides definitions of units, prefixes, and styles of weights and measures within the Systeme International (SI), as well as traditional, and industry-specific units. This work is useful to professional scientists, engineers, technicians, as well as to students and the general user.
Full description- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Published: 26 October 2002
- Format: Paperback 354 pages
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- Categories: Dictionaries | Reference Works | Mathematics | Science: General Issues | Mensuration & Systems Of Measurement | Physics | Engineering Measurement & Calibration
- ISBN 13: 9780198605225 ISBN 10: 0198605226
- Sales rank: 647,872
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Full description for A Dictionary of Weights, Measures and Units
This comprehensive and authoritative dictionary provides clear definitions of units, prefixes, and styles of weights and measures within the Systeme International (SI), as well as traditional, and industry-specific units. It also includes general historical and scientific background, covering the development of the sequential definitions and sizing of units. This new reference work will prove invaluable to professional scientists, engineers, technicians as well as to students and the general user. * Over 1,600 clear and concise entries complete with historical background * Covers a broad range of disciplines, including astronomy, electromagnetics, geology, photography, mathematics, meteorology, physics, and temperature * Notes on associated terminology * Numerous tables, including the geochronologic scale and the equation of time * Comprehensive coverage of the whole Systeme International
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