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Report on the standards of weight and measure for the state of Maryland, and on the construction of the yard-measures / by J.H. Alexander.
LIBRA 389 AL27.1
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alexander, J. H. (John Henry), 1812-1867.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Weights and measures--Maryland.
- Weights and measures.
- Weights and measures--History.
- History.
- Standards of length.
- Maryland.
- Physical Description:
- iv, 213 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [Baltimore] : [Printed by J.D. Toy], [1845]
- Contents:
- pt. I. Of the legislation in Maryland upon the subject of weights and measures, 1637-1842
- pt. II. Of the authenticity, values and relations of the several units of the present system
- pt. III. Of the methods applied to the construction of the standard measures of length in the present establishment.
- OCLC:
- 14844922
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