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The Coming of the Kilogram or the Battle of the Standards a Plea for the Adoption of the Metric System of Weights and Measures

Author(s):

Arnold-Forster, H O

Illustrator(s):

Binding:

Softcover

Volume Condition:

Good

Dust Jacket:

Dust Jacket Condition:

N/A

Dust Jacket Protection:

N/A

Edition:

2nd Edition

Impression:

–

Signature:

None

Language:

English

Publisher Name:

Cassell and Company

Publication Year:

1900

Publication Place:

London, UK

ISBN:

–

Book ID:

014165

Catalogue(s):

Science – Physics, Maths, Astronomy and Space Exploration ◇ Study, Learning, Research and Education

£19.30

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Second edition. xii, 150pp, with two fold-out charts and occasional illustrations, tables etc in text. Stapled booklet in printed paper wrappers. 12mo. Covers are generally worn and tanned, rubbed at edges, and lightly chipped on corners and spine ends. Staples oxidizing, some spotting on endpapers, else internally neat, clean and tight.

An early polemic on the merits of the metric system of measurement, almost a hundred years before the UK adopted the system.

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