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World in the Balance: The Historic Quest for a Universal System of Measurement
World in the Balance The Historic Quest for a Universal System of Measurement
Author: Robert P. Crease
The epic story of the invention of a global network of weights, scales, and instruments for measurement.Millions of transactions each day depend on a reliable network of weights and measures. This network has been called a greater invention than the steam engine, comparable only to the development of the printing press. — Robert P. Crease traces ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393072983
ISBN-10: 0393072983
Publication Date: 10/24/2011
Pages: 288
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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Book Type: Hardcover
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