Men and Measures
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1. Front matter2. ERRATA.3. PREFACE4. CHAPTER I GENERAL VIEW5. CHAPTER II THE STORY OF THE CUBITS6. CHAPTER III THE STORY OF THE TALENTS7. CHAPTER IV THE INVOLUTION OF LINEAR MEASURES FROM WEIGHTS8. CHAPTER V ENGLISH LINEAR MEASURES9. CHAPTER VI LAND-MEASURES10. CHAPTER VII ENGLISH COMMERCIAL WEIGHTS11. CHAPTER VIII ENGLISH MEASURES OF CAPACITY12. CHAPTER IX THE MINT-POUNDS13. CHAPTER X THE CUBIC FOOT AND THE TON REGISTER14. CHAPTER XI SCOTS, IRISH, AND WELSH MEASURES AND WEIGHTS15. CHAPTER XII MEASURES AND WEIGHTS OF SOME BRITISH DOMINIONS16. CHAPTER XIII MEASURES OF VALUE17. CHAPTER XIV MEASURES OF TIME18. CHAPTER XV MEASURES OF HEAT AND OF DENSITY AND COMPOUND INDUSTRIAL UNITS19. CHAPTER XVI THE ELLS20. CHAPTER XVII FOREIGN LINEAR MEASURES21. CHAPTER XVIII FOREIGN WEIGHTS22. CHAPTER XIX FOREIGN MEASURES OF CAPACITY23. CHAPTER XX THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEANING IN THE NAMES OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES24. CHAPTER XXI THE OLD MEASURES AND WEIGHTS OF FRANCE25. CHAPTER XXII THE METRIC SYSTEM26. CHAPTER XXIII HOW THE METRIC SYSTEM WORKS IN FRANCE27. CHAPTER XXIV THE CONFLICT OF THE IMPERIAL AND METRIC SYSTEMS28. INDEX