Units of Measurement Past, Present and Future. International System of Units /

It is for the first time that the subject of quantities and their respective units is dealt this much in detail a glimpse of units of measurements of base quantities of length, time, mass and volume is given for ancient India three and four dimensional systems of measurement units are critically exa...

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Main Author: Gupta, S. V. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
Series:Springer Series in Materials Science, 122
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505 0 # |a Preface -- Metrology through ages -- System of Quantities and units -- Various systems of Units -- Metre Convention and Evolution of base units -- Realisation of base units -- Derived quantities and their units -- Expressing SI units -- Scientists associated with units of measurements -- Future definitions of SI units. 
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