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by Donald Fenna

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This comprehensive and authoritative dictionary provides clear definitions of units, prefixes, and styles of weights and measures within the Systme International (SI), as well as traditional, and industry-specific units. It also includes general historical and scientific background, covering the development of the sequential definitions and sizing of units. This new reference work will prove invaluable to professional scientists, engineers, technicians as well as to students and the general user.

- Over 1,600 clear and concise entries complete with historical background
- Covers a broad range of disciplines, including astronomy, electromagnetics, geology, photography, mathematics, meteorology, physics, and temperature
- Notes on associated terminology
- Numerous tables, including the geochronologic scale and the equation of time
- Comprehensive coverage of the whole Systme International

Donald Fenna was Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta. He was the author of numerous publications in journals covering mathematics, computing, and medicine, as well as Elsevier's Encyclopedic Dictionary of Measures (1998).

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  • Title A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units
  • Author Donald Fenna
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 342
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher OUP Oxford
  • Date 2002-10-26
  • Features Bibliography
  • ISBN 9780198605225 / 0198605226
  • Weight 0.52 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 6.3 x 0.73 in (21.59 x 16.00 x 1.85 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Weights and measures, Mensuration
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002072582
  • Dewey Decimal Code 530.810

About the author


After working as a research scientist at the Weapons Research Establishment for the Commonwealth of Australia, as a systems analyst for the Australian Department of Defence, and as the Assistant Director-General for the Australian telecommunications authority, Donald Fenna was made a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Alberta. He has over 60 publications in learned journals and books covering mathematics, management, computing, and medicine, including Elsevier's Encyclopedic Dictionary of Measures.
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