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Jan Gyllenbok ⁰

Jan Gyllenbok
1. Lomma, Sweden
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Addresses the myriad units of measurement that have arisen through the ages, from weights used by ancient cultures to the scientific units of the modern world
Comprised from more than 4 500 published papers and books, all of which are reported in the bibliography
Contains all 3 Volumes of the author's encyclopedia of historical metrology

Part of the book series: Science Networks. Historical Studies (SNHS, volume 56 / 57 / 58)

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Keywords

historical metrology
weights and measures
measurement systems
SI
calendars

About this book

The first volume in this rendition set starts with a short introduction to historical metrology as a scientific discipline and goes on with an anthology of ancient and modern measurement systems of all kind, scientific measures, units of time, weights, currencies etc. It concludes with an exhaustive list of references.

The second volume of the encyclopedia of historical metrology comprises the first part of the compendium of measurement systems and currencies of all sovereign states of the modern world (A-I).

Volume 3 comprises J-Z of the compendium of measurement systems and currencies of all sovereign states of the modern world and the complete list of references.

Units of measurement are of vital importance in every civilization through history. Since the early ages, man has through necessity devised various measures to assist him in everyday life. They have enabled and continue to enable us to trade in commonly and equitably understood amounts, andto investigate, understand, and control the chemical, physical, and biological processes of the natural world.

The essence of the work is an alphabetically ordered, comprehensive list of measurement nomenclature, units and scales. It provides an understanding of almost all quantitative expressions observed in all imaginable situations, including spelling variants and the abbreviations and symbols for units, and various acronyms used in metrology.

It will be of use not only to historians of science and technology, but also to economic and social historians and should be in every major academic and national library as standard reference work on the topic.

Authors and Affiliations

Lomma, Sweden

Jan Gyllenbok

About the author

Jan Gyllenbok was born in Lund, Sweden (1963), and graduated in 1990 with a B.Sc. in Computer Science from Lund University. Gyllenbok has over 30 years of experience of leading organizations, management teams, boards and task forces. He has been a board member and chairman of a wide range of non-profit organizations, and board member of both private and state companies. He has in recent years produced a diversity of specialist books and articles, mainly in technology and management. His interest in metrology began in his early teens, when he came across an article about various ancient measurement systems in a reference book. As the great importance of these measurement systems in different cultures through the millennia became obvious to him, he began to compare and compile information about different systems of measurement. This demanding project, which spanned over forty years, is reported in the three volumes of “Encyclopaedia of Historical Metrology, Weights, and Measures.”

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Encyclopaedia of Historical Metrology, Weights, and Measures
Authors: Jan Gyllenbok
Series Title: Science Networks. Historical Studies
Publisher: Birkhäuser Cham
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Series ISSN: 1421-6329
Series E-ISSN: 2296-6080
Edition Number: 1

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