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Title: Men and Measures

Author: Edward Nicholson

Release date: January 2, 2018 [eBook #56290]
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Language: English

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MEN AND MEASURES

A HISTORY OF

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

ANCIENT AND MODERN

EDWARD NICHOLSON, F.I.C., F.C.S.

SURGEON LIEUT.-COLONEL ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT

AUTHOR OF ‘A MANUAL OF INDIAN OPHIOLOGY’

‘THE STORY OF OUR WEIGHTS AND MEASURES’ ‘FLOURETO DE PROUVÈNÇO’ ETC.

LONDON

SMITH, ELDER & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE

1912