Hallock, William, and Wade, Herbert T. Outlines of the evolution of weights and measures, and the metric system. *$2.25. Macmillan.
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“The book contains a clear and well-written account (largely taken from M. Bigourdan’s ‘Le système metrique’) of the foundations of the metric system by the French, who were its real inventors, and of its gradual spread since 1872 over nearly the whole of Europe and America with the single exception of these islands.”—Ath.
“The archaeological part, touching, among other things, on the Babylonian cubit and the Egyptian measures, we cannot commend, for there is no evidence that the authors have any first hand knowledge of the subject, and neither Professor Hommel nor the Rev. W. Shaw-Caldecott, whom they quote, is so great an authority upon it as the authors evidently imagine.”
| + − | Ath. 1906, 2: 775. D. 15. 210w. |
“The work is an argument for the metric system, but it is not partisan. It is excellently handled and should have general attention; it should certainly be read by every senator and representative at Washington.”
| + | Ind. 62: 504. F. 28, ’07. 360w. |
“This is an admirable piece of work, in which the result of much tedious research is presented in a bright and lucid narrative.”
| + + | Nature. 75: 290. Ja. 24, ’07. 1740w. |