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... measurement , but who are yet unable to solve an easy problem or to calculate the results of their experimental work . There can be no doubt that the best way of acquiring the necessary practice is by means of a regular series of ...
... measurement , but who are yet unable to solve an easy problem or to calculate the results of their experimental work . There can be no doubt that the best way of acquiring the necessary practice is by means of a regular series of ...
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... measured . The ratio between the quantity and the selected unit is called the numerical value or measure of the quantity . Suppose that we have to measure definite length 7 , and that we adopt as our unit a length L : the numerical ...
... measured . The ratio between the quantity and the selected unit is called the numerical value or measure of the quantity . Suppose that we have to measure definite length 7 , and that we adopt as our unit a length L : the numerical ...
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... measured with great accuracy , and standards of length and mass can easily be copied , and compared with the original standards . THE C.G.S. SYSTEM OF UNITS . A committee of the British Association has recom- mended the adoption of the ...
... measured with great accuracy , and standards of length and mass can easily be copied , and compared with the original standards . THE C.G.S. SYSTEM OF UNITS . A committee of the British Association has recom- mended the adoption of the ...
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... measured by the amount of work which it represents . Since the weight of a gramme is 981 dynes , the work done in raising one gramme vertically through one centimetre against the action of gravity is 981 ergs . At the Paris Electrical ...
... measured by the amount of work which it represents . Since the weight of a gramme is 981 dynes , the work done in raising one gramme vertically through one centimetre against the action of gravity is 981 ergs . At the Paris Electrical ...
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... measuring it . From equation ( 1 ) we have— l = n↳ . ( 2 ) This second equation gives us a complete expression for the length 7 , an expression which consists of two parts - the first being a number ( n ) , and the second a quantity ...
... measuring it . From equation ( 1 ) we have— l = n↳ . ( 2 ) This second equation gives us a complete expression for the length 7 , an expression which consists of two parts - the first being a number ( n ) , and the second a quantity ...
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