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PREFACE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I GENERAL VIEW
CHAPTER II THE STORY OF THE CUBITS
CHAPTER III THE STORY OF THE TALENTS
CHAPTER IV THE INVOLUTION OF LINEAR MEASURES FROM WEIGHTS
CHAPTER V ENGLISH LINEAR MEASURES
CHAPTER VI LAND-MEASURES
CHAPTER VII ENGLISH COMMERCIAL WEIGHTS
CHAPTER VIII ENGLISH MEASURES OF CAPACITY
CHAPTER IX THE MINT-POUNDS
CHAPTER X THE CUBIC FOOT AND THE TON REGISTER
CHAPTER XI SCOTS, IRISH, AND WELSH MEASURES AND WEIGHTS
CHAPTER XII MEASURES AND WEIGHTS OF SOME BRITISH DOMINIONS
CHAPTER XIII MEASURES OF VALUE
CHAPTER XIV MEASURES OF TIME
CHAPTER XV MEASURES OF HEAT AND OF DENSITY AND COMPOUND INDUSTRIAL UNITS
CHAPTER XVI THE ELLS
CHAPTER XVII FOREIGN LINEAR MEASURES
CHAPTER XVIII FOREIGN WEIGHTS
CHAPTER XIX FOREIGN MEASURES OF CAPACITY
CHAPTER XX THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEANING IN THE NAMES OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
CHAPTER XXI THE OLD MEASURES AND WEIGHTS OF FRANCE
CHAPTER XXII THE METRIC SYSTEM
CHAPTER XXIII HOW THE METRIC SYSTEM WORKS IN FRANCE
CHAPTER XXIV THE CONFLICT OF THE IMPERIAL AND METRIC SYSTEMS
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