NTC's encyclopedia of international weights and measures. /

Johnstone, William D.

NTC's encyclopedia of international weights and measures. / William D. Johnstone. - Lincolnwood, Ill. : NTC Pub. Group., c1996. - xix, 329 p. 23 cm.

Provides assistance to units and measurement. Presents more than 2,000 units ranging from the familiar units of length, surface, area, capacity, mass, and volume to the more unusual units of of poetry, music, and bookmaking.Contents:Part One-Units of Length,Part Two-Surface Units,Part Three-Units of capacity and Volume,Part Four-Units of weights and mass,Par Five:The metric system,Part Six:Diverse Units,Part Seven:Other diverse units,Part Eight:Electrical units.

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