The measure of the world
By: by Ken Alder.
Series: Dibner Library lecture
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 35
Subjects: Mensuration -- History; Weights and measures -- History; Metric system -- France -- History
Notes: "5 November, 2003."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 34).