The values of precision / edited by M. Norton Wise.
The values of precision / edited by M. Norton Wise.
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1995.
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N389.09/1
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English
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viii, 372 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. Quantification, Precision, and Accuracy: Determinations of Population in the Ancien Regime /Andrea Rusnock -- 2. A Revolution to Measure: The Political Economy of the Metric System in France / Ken Alder -- 3. "The Nicety of Experiment": Precision of Measurement and Precision of Reasoning in Late...
10. The Morals of Energy Metering: Constructing and Deconstructing the Precision of the Victorian Electrical Engineer's Ammeter and Voltmeter / Graeme J. N. Gooday -- 11. Precision Implemented: Henry Rowland, the Concave Diffraction Grating, and the Analysis of Light / George Sweetnam -- 12. The Lab...
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Publisher
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1995.
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New Jersey
Date Published
c1995.
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The values of precision / edited by M. Norton Wise.
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Based on papers presented at the Princeton Workshop in the History of Science, 1991-1992.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c1995.
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N389.09/1
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74VKRbLlWWOl
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ISBN
0691037590
9780691037592 :
0691037590 :
9780691037592
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389.09
389 .09
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991023246199702626
