Francois Cardarelli

Scientific Unit Conversion (eBook, PDF)

A Practical Guide to Metrication
Übersetzer: Shields, M. J.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Expanded, revised and updated here, this detailed guide is truly unique, giving accurate metric equivalents and conversion factors for no fewer than 10,000 scientific units with detailed descriptions of over 2,000. It covers the whole spectrum of science, technology and medicine, and deals with US, British, conventional metric, historic and SI units. The pocket-sized format and slot-in user guide bookmark makes it handy and user-friendly, a great time-saver, and a perfect addition to any research department, engineers , scientists or students library.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer London
• Seitenzahl: 488
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781447108054
• Artikelnr.: 44179684

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction.- 1.1 Why a Conversion Handbook.- 1.2 How to Use This Book.- 2 The International System of Units.- 2.1 History.- 2.2 The General Conference on Weights and Measures.- 2.3 Organization of the SI.- 2.4 SI Prefixes.- 3 Other Systems of Units.- 3.1 MTS, MKpS, MKSA.- 3.2 Cgs, Gauss, IEUS, a.u.- 3.3 British and American Systems of Units.- 3.4 The Foot-Pound-Second (FPS) System.- 3.5 Ancient and Obsolete Systems of Weights and Measures.- 4 Conversion Tables.- 4.1 Units in Alphabetical Order.- 4.2 Conversion Tables Listed by Physical Quantities.- 5 Fundamental Constants.- 5.1 Fundamental Mathematical Constants.- 5.2 Fundamental Physical Constants.- 6 Appendices.- 6.1 Greek Alphabet.- 6.2 Roman Numerals.- 6.3 Rules about Large Numbers (>1 000 000).- 6.4 Date and Time Numerical Representation.- 6.5 National, Regional and International Standardization Bodies.- 6.6 Acceleration Due to Gravity at any Latitude and Elevation.- 6.7 International Practical Temperature Scale (IPTS, 1968).- 6.8 International Temperature Scale (ITS-90).- 6.9 French-English Lexicon for Units.- 6.10 French-English Lexicon for Physical Quantities.- 6.11 Old Alchemical Symbols Used in Astronomy, Chemistry, and Biology.- 6.12 Old Symbols Used in the British System.- 7 Bibliography.- 7.1 Specific References.- 7.2 References About the Metric System and the SI.- 7.3 References of General Interest.- 7.4 Historical References.- 7.5 International and National Standards.

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