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Further reading and websites relating to historical weights and measures and machine tools. Produced for a Science, Technology and Industry SSN seminar as part of a Monument Fellowship supported by the Museums Association.
| Author: | Jack Kirby and Jim Andrew |
| Publisher: | Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum |
| Publication date: | 14-06-2011 |
This document gives the history of some of historical weights and measures. Tables of measures and conversions between measures will be given as well as some indication of the uses of those measures. Written by Jim Andrew in the late 1970s and reworked by him in 2008 for a Science, Technology and Industry SSN seminar as part of a Monument Fellowship supported by the Museums Association.
| Author: | Jim Andrew |
| Publisher: | Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum |
| Publication date: | 14-06-2011 |
Terms used in machining and the machines used in these tasks. An illustrated glossary produced for a Science, Technology and Industry SSN as part of a Monument Fellowship supported by the Museums Association.
| Author: | Jim Andrew |
| Publisher: | Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum |
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