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100 1 _aWurtele, Arthur S. C.,
_d1826-1886
245 1 0 _aStandard Measures of United States, Great Britain and France :
_bHistory and actual comparisons. With appendix on introduction of the mètre
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2017
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2017-02-19
508 _aProduced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Standard Measures of United States, Great Britain and France" by Arthur S. C. Wurtele is a scientific publication written in the early 1880s. The book explores the various systems of measurement used in the U.S., Great Britain, and France, focusing on the historical evolution and practical comparisons of standard units of length. In his work, Wurtele delves into the complexities and inconsistencies associated with measurements such as yards, meters, and toises. He provides a thorough historical account of how standards were established and refined over time in each country. Through extensive comparisons, Wurtele highlights the discrepancies between different standards while emphasizing the importance of context, such as material composition and temperature, in achieving measurement accuracy. The book concludes with a critical assessment of the practicalities of adopting the metric system in the U.S., arguing for the value of existing standards in everyday life and commerce. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aWeights and measures -- History
653 _aMetric system
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54208
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