Encyclopaedia of Historical Metrology, Weights, and Measures Volume
This second volume of Gyllenbok's encyclopaedia of historical metrology comprises the first part of the compendium of measurement systems and currencies of all sovereign states of the modern World (A-I).Units of measurement are of vital importance in ever
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Jan Gyllenbok
Encyclopaedia of Historical Metrology, Weights, and Measures Volume 2
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Jan Gyllenbok
Encyclopaedia of Historical Metrology, Weights, and Measures Volume 2
Jan Gyllenbok Lomma, Sweden
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Preface
This second volume of the Encyclopaedia, as well as the third volume, addresses many of the units of measure used in sovereign states
