A brief history of the metric system : from revolutionary france to the constant-based SI / Carmen J. Giunta.

This book succinctly traces the history of the metric system from early modern proposals of decimal measures, to the birth of the system in Revolutionary France, through its formal international adoption under the supervision of an international General Committee of Weights and Measures (CGPM), to i...

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Main Author: Giunta, Carmen (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2023.
Series:SpringerBriefs in molecular science. History of chemistry.
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