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MEN AND MEASURES.

A History of Weights and Measures Ancient and Modern.

BY

EDWARD NICHOLSON,

F.I.C., F.C.S., Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel, Army Medical Department.

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II. III.

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XI. XII.

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XVII.

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XXIV.

CHAPTERS.

GENERAL VIEW OP THE EVOLUTION OP

MEASURES.

THE STORY OF THE CUBITS. THE STORY OF THE TALENTS. THE INVOLUTION OF LINEAR MEASURES

FROM WEIGHTS. THE ORIGIN OF THE ENGLISH AND OF

THE RHINELAND FOOT. ENGLISH LINEAR MEASURES. LAND MEASURES (ANCIENT, MEDIAEVAL,

MODERN ).

ENGLISH COMMERCIAL WEIGHTS. ENGLISH MEASURES OF CAPACITY. THE MINT-POUNDS.

THE CUBIC FOOT AND THE TON REGIS- TER. SCOTS, IRISH, AND WELSH MEASURES

AND WEIGHTS. MEASURES AND WEIGHTS OF SOME

BRITISH DOMINIONS. MEASURES OF VALUE. MEASURES OF TIME. MEASURES OF HEAT AND DENSITY. THE ELLS.

FOREIGN LINEAR MEASURES. FOREIGN WEIGHTS. FOREIGN MEASURES OF CAPACITY. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEANING IN THK

NAMES OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. THE OLD MEASURES AND WEIGHTS OF

FRANCE.

THE METRIC SYSTEM.

How THE METRIC SYSTEM WORKS ix FRANCE.

THE CONFLICT OF THE IMPERIAL AND METRIC SYSTEMS.

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