Smoot's ear : the measure of humanity - Tavernor, Robert (New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, 2007)
Introduction : measure and meaning -- Body and measure -- Science and measure -- Defining the revolutionary metric system -- The decisive separation -- Anglo-Saxon resistance -- Measures of pure conception.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-235) and index.
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Keywords: Measurement -- History; Metrology -- History; Measurement -- Standards; Metric system -- History