THE GDANSK PIONEERS IN METROLOGY
Abstract
The paper deals with units and systems of measure used in old Gdansk and some particular achievements of its masters in the measuring technique. Special attention is paid to the unification work by M. Hanow (1747), the analytical balance of H. Kuhn (1743), Fahrenheit’s thermometers, and the astronomical clock dating from the year 1470 at St. Mary’s Church.
Keywords:
history of science, metrologyDetails
- Issue
- Vol. 2 No. 4 (1998)
- Section
- Review
- Published
- 1998-12-29
- Licencja:
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