Book ID: CBB000750862

Weights and Measures in Scotland: A European Perspective (2004)

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Connor, Robert Dickson (Author)
Simpson, Allen David Cumming (Author)
Morrison-Low, A. D. (Editor)
Morrison-Low, Alison D. (Editor)


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Publication Date: 2004
Physical Details: 640 pp.; ill.; index
Language: English

Description On the complex system of weights and measures that existed in Scotland from Anglo-Saxon times to the 19th century.


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Review Zupko, Ronald Edward (2005) Review of "Weights and Measures in Scotland: A European Perspective". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 286). unapi

Review Eddy, Matthew D. (2006) Review of "Weights and Measures in Scotland: A European Perspective". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 601). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Pastorino, Cesare
Rossi, Cesare
Russo, Ferruccio
Emma Prevignano
Epstein, Jessica
DiCaglio, Joshua
Concepts
Weights and measures
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Mathematics
Metrology
Mechanics
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Medieval
20th century
18th century
17th century
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