Draft History of Modern Chinese Metrology

Author: Guan Zengjian
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: This book begins with the transformation of traditional Chinese measurement brought about by Western science introduced by missionaries in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, discussing the evolution of the Qing dynasty's system of weights and measures and its management. It also covers the efforts during the Republican era to unify weights and measures, establish and promote modern metrology, and the progress in time measurement.