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Weights and measures

-- See Also the narrower term Body weight

--subdivision Weight under individual organs and regions of the body and under individual animals and groups of animals, e.g. Foot--Weight; Cattle--Weight; Fishes--Weight

-- See Also the narrower term Decimal system

-- See Also the narrower term Electric measurements

-- See Also the narrower term Metric system

-- See Also Metrology

Here are entered works on the science of measurement or of weights and measures. Works on the general process of measuring are entered under Measurement. Works on a system of standard units of measure are entered under Weights and measures.

-- See Also the narrower term Railroad gauges

-- See Also the narrower term Specific gravity

-- See Also the narrower term Standards of length

-- See Also Units of measurement

Here are entered works on a quantity taken as a standard of measurement, e.g. Atomic units; Gram (Unit); Light-year; Meter (Unit); etc. Works on the force exerted by the gravitational field on a body are entered under Weight (Physics). Works on a system of standard units of measure are entered under Weights and measures.

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