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John Richardson, saccharometry and the pounds-per-barrel extract: The construction of a quantity (2001)

Sumner, James (Author)

British Journal for the History of Science
Volume: 34
Pages: 255--273

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Description Focusing on 18th-century brewing theorist John Richardson and the pounds-per-barrel extract, a brewery-specific quantity, explores how physical quantities are contingent and are constructed and modified by users.

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