عنوان

History and measurement of the base and derived units /

3319775774

9783319775777

3319775766

9783319775760

History and measurement of the base and derived units /

[Book]

Steven A. Treese.

Cham, Switzerland :

Springer,

2018.

1 online resource

Measurement perspectives -- Interconversion of units -- Metric and U.S. customary/English systems -- Historical length or distance -- Historical area -- Historical volume or capacity -- Historical weight and mass -- Historical time -- Historical temperature -- Historical angular measurement -- Historical electrical charge and current -- Historical amounts of substances -- Historical luminous intensity -- From base units to derived units -- Common modern conversions.

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This book discusses how and why historical measurement units developed, and reviews useful methods for making conversions as well as situations in which dimensional analysis can be used. It starts from the history of length measurement, which is one of the oldest measures used by humans. It highlights the importance of area measurement, briefly discussing the methods for determining areas mathematically and by measurement. The book continues on to detail the development of measures for volume, mass, weight, time, temperature, angle, electrical units, amounts of substances, and light intensity. The seven SI/metric base units are highlighted, as well as a number of other units that have historically been used as base units. Providing a comprehensive reference for interconversion among the commonly measured quantities in the different measurement systems with engineering accuracy, it also examines the relationships among base units in fields such as mechanical/thermal, electromagnetic and physical flow rates and fluxes using diagrams.

Springer Nature

com.springer.onix.9783319775777

9783319775760

Measurement-- History.

History of mathematics.

History of science.

Measurement.

Mensuration & systems of measurement.

SCIENCE-- Energy.

SCIENCE-- Mechanics-- General.

SCIENCE-- Physics-- General.

PDDM

SCI-- 024000

SCI-- 041000

SCI-- 055000

Treese, Steven A.

20200823112258.0

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