Download or read book NTC's Encyclopedia of International Weights & Measures written by William D. Johnstone and published by NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company. This book was released on 1996 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete guide to units of measurement around the world and throughout history, presenting some 2,000 units and equivalents for measuring length, surface area, capacity, mass, and volume, as well as measures used in poetry, music, and bookmaking, and units expressing flow of water, energy, radiation, temperature, viscosity, and speed. Includes separate sections on the metric system and electrical units. Diagrams or graphs would have been helpful. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR