A Brief History of the Metric System From Revolutionary France to the Constant-Based SI /

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 J. (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
Edition:	1st ed. 2023.
Series:	History of Chemistry
Subjects:	Measurement. Measuring instruments. Chemistry > History. Science > History. Measurement Science and Instrumentation. History of Chemistry. History of Science.
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28436-6
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