Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures

1 Introduction. - 1. 1 Why a Conversion Handbook? . - 1. 2 How to Use This Book. - 2 The International System of Units. - 2. 1 History. - 2. 2 The General Conference on Weights and Measures. - 2. 3 Organization of the SI. - 2. 4 SI Prefixes. - 3 Other Systems of Units. - 3. 1 MTS, MKpS, MKSA. - 3. 2 Cgs, Gauss, IEUS, a. u. - 3. 3 British and American Systems of Units. - 3. 4 The Foot-Pound-Second (FPS) System. - 3. 5 Ancient and Obsolete Systems of Weights and Measures. - 4 Conversion Tables. - 4. 1 Units in Alphabetical Order. - 4. 2 Conversion Tables Listed by Physical Quantities. - 5 Fundamental Constants. - 5. 1 Fundamental Mathematical Constants. - 5. 2 Fundamental Physical Constants. - 6 Appendices. - 6. 1 Greek Alphaber. - 6. 2 Roman Numerals. - 6. 3 Rules about Large Numbers (> 1000 000). - 6. 4 Date and Time Numerical Representation. - 6. 5 National, Regional and International Standardization Bodies. - 6. 6 Acceleration Due to Gravity at any Latitude and Elevation. - 6. 7 International Practical Temperature Scale (IPTS, 1968). - 6. 8 International Temperature Scale (ITS-90). - 6. 9 French-English Lexicon for Units. - 6. 10 French-English Lexicon for Physical Quantities. - 6. 11 International Clothing and Shoe Sizes (US, UK, Europe, and Japan). - 6. 12 Common Time Acronyms. - 6. 13 Old Alchemical Symbols Used in Astronomy, Chemistry, and Biology. - 6. 14 International Geological Time Scale. - 6. 15 Old Symbols Used in the British System. - 6. 16 Electromagnetic Spectrum. - 6. 17 Standard Paper Sizes (ISO and US). - 6. 18 International Country Code Designations. - 6. 19 International Currency Codes. - 7 Bibliography. - 7. 1 Specific References. - 7. 2 References About the Metric System and the SI. - 7. 3 References of General Interest. - 7. 4 Historical References. - 7. 5 International and National Standards.