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The Coming of the Kilogram or the Battle of the Standards a Plea for the Adoption of the Metric System of Weights and Measures
Author(s): Arnold-Forster, H O
| Binding: | Softcover |
| Volume Condition: | Good |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | N/A |
| Dust Jacket Protection: | N/A |
| Edition: | 2nd Edition |
| Signature: | None |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | Cassell and Company |
| Publication Year: | 1900 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| Book ID: | 014165 |
| Catalogue(s): | Study, Learning, Research and Education ◇ Science - Physics, Maths, Astronomy and Space Exploration |
Second edition. xii, 150pp, with two fold-out charts and occasional illustrations, tables etc in text. Stapled booklet in printed paper wrappers. 12mo. Covers are generally worn and tanned, rubbed at edges, and lightly chipped on corners and spine ends. Staples oxidizing, some spotting on endpapers, else internally neat, clean and tight.
An early polemic on the merits of the metric system of measurement, almost a hundred years before the UK adopted the system.
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