A New Look at Old Linear Measures.
The maker of a regularly divided scale is faced with a task of such conceptual simplicity that he is bound to fail, such is the nature of real materials and men. Using sophisticated modern measuring tools, we can now accurately chart the error in every division of an old linear scale. The resulting...
| Published in: | Annals of Science Vol. 46; no. 3; pp. 221 - 249 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
May89
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