THE GDANSK PIONEERS IN METROLOGY
The paper deals with units and systems of measure used in old Gdansk and some particular achievements of its masters in the measuring technique. Special attention is paid to the unification work by M. Hanow (1747), the analytical balance of H. Kuhn (1743), Fahrenheit’s thermometers, and the astrono...
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| Language: | English |
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Gdańsk University of Technology
1998-10-01
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| Series: | TASK Quarterly |
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| Online Access: | https://journal.mostwiedzy.pl/TASKQuarterly/article/view/2384 |