Oriental Metrology and the Politics of Antiquity in Nineteenth-Century Survey Sciences

DOI10.1017/S0269889717000102zbMath1380.01015OpenAlexW2611296649WikidataQ47203664 ScholiaQ47203664MaRDI QIDQ4594270

Simon Schaffer

Publication date: 17 November 2017

Published in: Science in Context (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0269889717000102

zbMATH Keywords

IndiametrologyEgyptcubit

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55)

Cites Work

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• The Proto-Ionic Capital from Larisa (a brief history of ancient metrology)

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