Science of measurement and its application

Smoot's ear : the measure of humanity / Robert Tavernor.

World in the balance : the historic quest for an absolute system of measurement / Robert P. Crease.

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Smoot's ear : the measure of humanity / Robert Tavernor.

World in the balance : the historic quest for an absolute system of measurement / Robert P. Crease.