Smoot's ear : the measure of humanity /
Tavernor, Robert.
New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press,
c2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-235) and index.
Introduction : measure and meaning -- Body and measure -- Science and measure -- Defining the revolutionary metric system -- The decisive separation -- Anglo-Saxon resistance -- Measures of pure conception.
Measurement
Metrology
Measurement
Metric system