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International System of Units (SI) - How the World Measures Almost Everything, and the People Who Made It Possible (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,184
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International System of Units (SI) - How the World Measures Almost Everything, and the People Who Made It Possible (Paperback)

Edmund Isakov

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Overview International System of Units (SI) (Print On-Demand Edition) is a one-of-a-kind book. It provides detailed information on the metric system, its origin, history, and how the base and derived units were established. The book has four chapters (Measurement Systems, the International System of Units, Metrication in the United States, and United States Metric Association), appendices, an afterword, and references. The book is principally aimed at educating students in the United States, but it will also be of interest to anyone who enjoys the popular sciences. This is a Print-On-Demand title. It has a CD-ROM companion (ISBN 978-0-8311-3466-2) for which publication has ceased. Dr. Edmund Isakov. Ph.D., has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in metalworking. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Mechanical Engineering at the V. Bakul Institute for Superhard Materials (Kiev, Ukraine). He is known for his work in research, development and applications of cuttting tools for milling, turning and boring. Dr. Isakov has authored Mechanical Properties of Work Materials and numerous articles and papers on metalcutting. He holds several U.S. patents and numerous U.S.S.R Inventor's Certificates pertaining to carbide and diamond tools. during nearly two decades at Kennametal, Inc., he became a noted authority on the technical analysis of cutting tools. Dr. Isakov is now an independent consulant and manufacturing sciences writer based in Florida. He is a senior member of SME.Introduction Chapter 1: Measurement Systems Brief history of the English System Brief history of the Metric System Chapter 2: International System of Units (SI) SI Base Units of Measurement SI Derived Units of Measurement Chapter 3: Metrication in the United States Brief history Current usage of the metric units Chapter 4: United States Metric Association (USMA) USMA establishment Brief history Summary of metric usage in the United States Appendix 1: Signatories to the Meter Convention (Treaty of the Meter) Appendix 2: Associate States of the CGPM Appendix 3: CGPM Meetings Appendix 4: Prefixes for Multiples and Submultiples of the SI units Appendix 5: Medals awarded to scientists, after whom the units of measurement are named Appendix 6: Standard Inductor Values Appendix 7: The Sixteen Bronze Statues Appendix 8: Temperature Conversion Formulas References Index - Biographical Names

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Imprint: Industrial Press Inc.,U.S.
Country of origin: United States
Release date: March 2014
First published: March 2014
Authors: Edmund Isakov
Dimensions: 277 x 208 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 311
ISBN-13: 978-0-8311-0231-9
Categories: Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > Instruments & instrumentation engineering > Engineering measurement & calibration
LSN: 0-8311-0231-4
Barcode: 9780831102319

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