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A dictionary of weights, measures, and units / Donald Fenna.
- Title
- A dictionary of weights, measures, and units / Donald Fenna.
- Author
- Fenna, Donald, 1932-
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
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Details
- Description
- x, 331 pages; 20 cm.
- Summary
- "This comprehensive and authoritative dictionary provides clear definitions of all the units, prefixes, and styling of the Systeme International (SI), as well as industry-specific and traditional terms currently in usage. It shows the evolution of the original basic metric system into the sophisticated SI, and parallel developments with other units of measure and their sequential definitions and sizing." "This new reference work will prove invaluable to professional scientists, engineers and technicians, as well as to students and the general user."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Oxford paperback reference
- Uniform Title
- Oxford paperback reference.
- Alternative Title
- Weights, measures, and units
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Dictionaries
- Dictionaries.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-331).
- Additional Formats (note)
- Also available on the Internet. Access restricted to members of the Tufts University community.
- System Details (note)
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Machine derived contents note: Introduction -- A-Z Dictionary -- Endnotes.
- ISBN
- 0198605226
- 9780198605225
- 9780191726910 (ebook)
- LCCN
- ^^2002072582
- OCLC
- 49906914
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library