Surviving measuring instruments evidence the standards and variations of the units. Only analysis and synthesis of all kinds of sources allow the complete reconstruction of weights and measures, units and instruments. The measurement units discussed below are those of length (with its square for area...
We develop uniform and equitable weights and measures standards to: Promote commerce and fair competition by leveling the playing field Ensure consumers “get what they pay for” Foster confidence in marketplace transactions Advance economic growth ...
government regulation, which are used to ensure clarity, fairness and transparency in commercial transactions, and for a wide range of other common aspects of daily life. Many jurisdictions establish the technical standards for weights and measures through the enactment of “Weights & Measures Acts....
The evidence also showed that the home trade would be benefited if more simple and uniform standards of weights, and measures than those now existing were adopted.\nMoreover, strong evidence was brought forward as to the serious loss of time incurred by English school-children in having to ...
This chapter discusses the function of International Bureau of Weights and Measures (Bureau international des poids et measures (BIPM)). BIPM, with headquarters at S猫vres, a suburb of Paris, was established by the Metric Convention signed in Paris on May 20, 1875, as a permanent institution...
I. Measures of Length: The Cubit. The original measures of length were derived from the human body: the finger, hand, arm, span, foot, and pace. As these measures differ with each individual, they must be reduced to a certain definite standard for general use. The Hebrew system, ...
and Measures Ordinance, which aims to ensure that goods are sold according to correctandstandard weights and measures. legco.gov.hk legco.gov.hk (三) 海關一向以來都負責執行《度量衡條例》,確保在市面出售的貨品在重量和度量上,都沒有不足的情況。
Eleventh General Conference of Weights and MeasuresAt the conference in Paris last year some important resolutions concerning units and standards of measurement were adopted.doi:10.1038/189195a0H. BarrellSpringer NatureNature
WEIGHTS AND MEASURESOn 1 Jan. 1960 following an agreement between the standards laboratories ofGreat Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the USA, aninternational yard and an international pound (avoirdupois) came into existence.1yard = 91-44 centimetres; 1 lb. = 453-5923...
The exhibits include, however, the principal British Exchequer standard weights and linear measures from the time of Henry VII. (1485), excepting, of course, the current national standards. This collection, hitherto in charge of the Standards Department of the Board of Trade, has now been ...