A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units by Donald Fenna

A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units by Donald Fenna

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Presents a dictionary thay provides definitions of units, prefixes, and styles of weights and measures within the Systeme International (SI), as well as traditional, and industry-specific units. This work is useful to professional scientists, engineers, technicians, as well as to students and the general user.

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A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units by Donald Fenna

Presents a dictionary thay provides definitions of units, prefixes, and styles of weights and measures within the Systeme International (SI), as well as traditional, and industry-specific units. This work is useful to professional scientists, engineers, technicians, as well as to students and the general user.
After working as a research scientist at the Weapons Research Establishment for the Commonwealth of Australia, as a systems analyst for the Australian Department of Defence, and as the Assistant Director-General for the Australian telecommunications authority, Donald Fenna was made a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Alberta. He has over 60 publications in learned journals and books covering mathematics, management, computing, and medicine, including Elsevier's Encyclopedic Dictionary of Measures.
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ISBN 13 9780198605225
ISBN 10 0198605226
Title A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units
Author Donald Fenna
Series Oxford Quick Reference
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 2002-08-22
Number of pages 352
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