The science and weights and measures covers a vast, irregular, and confused field. This book gives a clear outline of the development of weights and measures, and weighing and measuring instruments, with particular reference to their trade use and control in Great Britain. Some account of their ancient origins in other countries and the present divergencies all over the world is also given.
The science and weights and measures covers a vast, irregular, and confused field. This book gives a clear outline of the development of weights and measures, and weighing and measuring instruments, with particular reference to their trade use and control in Great Britain. Some account of their ancient origins in other countries and the present divergencies all over the world is also given.