'Diogenes in search of an honest man': the genesis of the industrial inch, the first global standard of length

Author: Kershaw Michael  

Publisher: Routledge Ltd

ISSN: 0734-1512

Source: History and Technology, Vol.25, Iss.2, 2009-06, pp. : 89-114

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