The Mathematics of Measurement: A Critical History
Published 1 April 1999
John Roche
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Abstract
The emergences of the practical conception of number early scientific metrology and quantitative laws early applications of geometry and proportion the progress of quantification arithmetical algebra and symbolic geometry algebra in physics in the 17th century mathematics in 18th century exact science the metric reform and the units of physics absolute units in electricity and magnetism dimensional analysis and the quantity calculus dimensional exploration interpreting the algebra of physics units in the System International.
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