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A book for measurement gurus
If you are into measurement errors, you will find this book excellent value.The author goes into a lot of detail spelling everything out.The organisation and English is a bit difficult.I also enjoyed a book called Measurement Uncertainty by RH dieck, but that has many errors.Also check out "An introduction to error analysis" by Taylor...

a big metrology book
This is a major piece in the uncertainty hunting. The Rabinovich's book is needed in every national calibration laboratory. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Error analysis (Mathematics)    2. Mathematics    3. Mensuration    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Engineering measurement & calibration    6. PHYSICS   

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Interesting material, but dreadful organization
This book covers a lot of information which could be done quite interestingly. However, its organization leaves so much to be desired that I was very disappointed in the book. It covers things like dimensional analysis and the effect of choice of units on physical formulas, as well as the history of units (as promised in the title), but it jumps from topic to topic in a chaotic manner, with topics that are closely related scattered among different chapters and things that ought to be separated lumped together in one chapter. Very Promising But a Little Disappointing
I just love books like this. They guide the reader through various physical concepts using simple calculations, often to arrive at interesting conclusions. The author of this book has attempted to do this in an accessible way while mixing in historical snippets to add to ones reading pleasure. Unfortunately, I must agree with the prior reviewer who commented on the fact that the book was very poorly edited. There are, indeed, too many errors and typos, especially in the equations, and many explanations lack the clarity and completeness that one would expect in such a book - things that may discourage neophytes and induce feelings of impatience and mistrust in the minds of the initiated. But because of the interesting topics discussed, a thorough, proper and careful revision of this book, including careful re-thinking and re-writing of some of the discussions would easily make it five-star material. Such a revised version would be an asset to popular science literature.

Different systems are juxtaposed and examined
Measure For Measure is an informed and scholarly history of imperial, metric and other units of measurements blends science, engineering, and human discovery in a historical survey which examines standards of length and mass. Different systems are juxtaposed and examined during the course of Hebra's coverage, providing an excellent, engaging survey of past, present and possible future measurement systems and how they came to be. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Advanced    2. General    3. History    4. Mensuration    5. Science    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Weights & Measures    8. Weights And Measures    9. Engineering measurement & calibration    10. Popular science    11. Scientific standards   

Subjects:  1. Dam safety    2. Dams    3. Engineering Instruments    4. Hydraulics    5. Mensuration    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Technology    8. Dams & reservoirs   

Subjects:  1. Building construction & materials    2. Engineering measurement & calibration   

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Useful Text and Reference
An excellent sourcebook for students and practicing engineers alike, Introduction to Instrumentation and Measurements includes all the general information on instrumentation and measurements, as well as the technical details you need to apply your knowledge in the real world. The book is very up to date which is also rare for a survey book. Worth using as a real reference, it will not just set on the bookshelf. There is no other text like it. Very Confusing Book
Very confusing and makes the reader struggle to understand what the writer wants to explain.

Reference and Textbook
Sensing/measurement technologies are presented for a very wide variety of effects. Covers enough of the details to be useful to a real engineer but does not force the reader to wade though every possible issue to find out what is really critical in a design area. This is the strength of the bookand not very common especially for books of it's breath. The book is veryup to date which is also rare for a survey book. Worth using as a realreference, it will not just set on the bookshelf. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Electrical Measurements    2. Electronic instruments    3. Electronic measurements    4. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    5. Engineering - Mechanical    6. Engineering Instruments    7. Mensuration    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Electronic devices & materials    12. Technology / Engineering / Electrical   

Subjects:  1. Flow Measurement    2. Fluid dynamic measurements    3. Material Science    4. Mechanics - General    5. Physics    6. Science    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Engineering measurement & calibration    9. Flow, turbulence, rheology    10. Science / Chemistry / Technical & Industrial    11. Sound, vibration & waves (acoustics)   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Mathematics   

Subjects:  1. CAD-CAM - General    2. Computer Simulation    3. Industrial Design - General    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Technology    6. Technology & Industrial Arts    7. Engineering measurement & calibration    8. Technical design    9. Technology / Industrial Design / General    10. computer-aided engineering    11. manufacturing inspection    12. mechanical assembly    13. tolerance analysis   

Subjects:  1. Congresses    2. Data processing    3. Manufacturing    4. Production Engineering    5. Programming - General    6. Quality Control    7. Reliability Engineering    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Tolerance (Engineering)    12. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical   

Subjects:  1. Applied mathematics    2. Engineering measurement & calibration    3. Instruments & instrumentation engineering   

Subjects:  1. Advanced    2. Analytic Mechanics (Mathematical Aspects)    3. Control Theory    4. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    5. General    6. Mathematics    7. Robotics    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Stability    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Applications of Computing    12. Automatic control engineering    13. Cybernetics & systems theory    14. Engineering measurement & calibration   

Subjects:  1. CAD-CAM - General    2. Chemical Engineering Operations    3. Chemical process control    4. Computers - Desktop Publishing    5. Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical    6. Engineering - Industrial    7. Engineering Instruments    8. Instruments    9. Mensuration    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Technology    12. Computer aided manufacture (CAM)    13. Instruments & instrumentation engineering    14. Production & quality control management    15. Technology / Engineering / Industrial   

Subjects:  1. Dynamics    2. Material Science    3. Mechanics, Applied    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Statics    6. Unassigned Title    7. Dynamics & vibration    8. Engineering measurement & calibration   

Subjects:  1. Engineering (General)    2. General    3. Handbooks, manuals, etc    4. Physics    5. Science    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Units    10. Weights & Measures    11. Weights And Measures    12. Engineering measurement & calibration    13. Mathematics / General    14. Mechanical engineering   

Subjects:  1. Automatic data collection systems    2. Electrical Measurements    3. Electronic Measurements    4. Real-time data processing    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Telemeter    7. Engineering measurement & calibration   

Subjects:  1. Astronomy - General    2. Science    3. Science/Mathematics    4. Technical & Manufacturing Trades    5. Technology & Industrial Arts   

Subjects:  1. Engineering measurement & calibration    2. Petroleum & oil industries    3. Petroleum technology   

Subjects:  1. Engineering Instruments    2. Food Biotechnology    3. Food Science    4. Mensuration    5. Methods - Canning & Preserving    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Food & beverage technology    10. Food manufacturing & related industries    11. Technology / Food Industry & Science   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Instrument Science    3. Mensuration    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Technology    6. Technology & Industrial Arts   

Subjects:  1. Engineering - General    2. Industrial Health & Safety    3. Technology    4. Technology & Industrial Arts    5. Civil Engineering, Surveying & Building    6. Engineering measurement & calibration    7. Reliability engineering