Chapter ID: CBB000072539

Metrology, metrication, and Victorian values (1997)

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Description “The careers of three protagonists of metrological work, John Herschel (1792-1871), Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819-1900), and James Clerk Maxwell (1831-79), show how metrological traditions were invented.”


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Authors & Contributors
Ashworth, William J.
Wilson, David Ball
Wilkes, M. V.
Turvey, Peter J.
Steinicke, Wolfgang
Schaaf, Larry J.
Concepts
Science
Astronomy
Higgs Boson
Scientific families
Mathematical analysis
Sociology of knowledge
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
Places
British Isles
Edinburgh
Institutions
Cambridge University
Leeds Astronomical Society
Analytical Society
University of Edinburgh
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