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Volume 177, Issue 1909
1909
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Research Article| January 01 1909

ON THE ORIGIN OF THE BRITISH MEASURES OF CAPACITY, WEIGHT AND LENGTH. (INCLUDING APPENDIXES).

Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2054-0477
Print ISSN: 1753-7843
© Thomas Telford and ICE
1909
Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (1909) 177 (1909): 164–176.
https://doi.org/10.1680/imotp.1909.17703

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Keywords: HISTORY, MEASURES, WEIGHT, LENGTH, CAPACITY, STANDARDS, STANDARDISATION, MEASUREMENT, EGYPTIAN, ROMAN, PINTS, AVOIRDUPOIS, UNITS, UK
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