Weights and measures.
Use as a topical subdivision under types of commodities and merchandise for systems of weights and measures of those groups or established for those items.
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Related terms:Narrower terms:- Weights and measures -- China
- Weights and measures -- Early works to 1800
- Weights and measures -- France
- Weights and measures -- History
- Weights and measures -- India
- Weights and measures -- Rome
- Weights and measures -- United States
- Body weight
- Electric measurements
- Metric system
- Specific gravity
- Weights and measures, Ancient
- Weight and measurement
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Lex Mercatoria Rediviva, or, The Merchant's Directory: Being a Compleat Guide to All Men in Business (Dublin: Printed for J. Williams, 1754), by Wyndham Beawes (multiple formats at archive.org)- Lex Mercatoria Rediviva, or, The Merchant's Directory: Being a Complete Guide to All Men in Business (6th edition; Dublin: Printed for J. Williams, 1773), by Wyndham Beawes (page images at HathiTrust)
- Traité des Monnaies, Mesures et Poids Anciens et Modernes de l'Inde et de la Chine (in French; Paris: E. Leroux, 1913), by J.-A. Decourdemanche (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- The Marchants Avizo: Verie Necessarie for Their Sonnes and Servants, When They First Send Them Beyond The Seas, as to Spayne and Portingale, or Other Countreyes (London: Impr. by T. Orwin, 1590), by J. B. (page images at Yale)
- Joseph Fauchet, Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic Near the United States, to Mr. Randolph, Secretary of State of the United States (translated report of a French decree on metric weights and measures; 1795), by Joseph Fauchet, trans. by Geo. Taylor, contrib. by France National Convention Committee on Public Safety (page images at HathiTrust)
- Zur Geschichte des Spezifischen Gewichtes im Altertum und Mittelalter (dissertation in German; Erlangen: Buchdruckerei Junge und Sohn, 1914), by Heinrich Bauerreiss (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Traité des Monnaies, Mesures et Poids Anciens et Modernes de l'Inde et de la Chine (in French; Paris: E. Leroux, 1913), by J.-A. Decourdemanche (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Miscellaneous Works of Mr. John Greaves, Professor of Astronomy in the University of Oxford (including works by Newton; 2 volumes; London: Printed by J. Hughs for J. Brindley, 1737), by John Greaves, contrib. by Isaac Newton and Thomas Birch (page images at HathiTrust)
- U. S. Metric Board: Summary Report (Arlington, VA: The Board, 1982), by United States Metric Board (page images at HathiTrust)
- Aim for a Healthy Weight (2005), by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (PDF at fdlp.gov)
- Aim for a Healthy Weight (2005), by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (PDF at fdlp.gov)
- Neonatal Intensive Care for Low Birthweight Infants: Costs and Effectiveness (OTA-HCS-38; 1987), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
- Groundwater Recharge with Reclaimed Water: Birth Outcomes in Los Angeles County, 1982-1993, by Elizabeth M. Sloss, Daniel F. McCaffrey, Ronald D. Fricker, Sandy A. Geschwind, and Beate R. Ritz (PDF files at rand.org)
- Preventing Low Birthweight: Summary (1995), by Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (page images with commentary at NAP)
- Preventing Low Birthweight: Summary (1995), by Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (page images with commentary at NAP)
- Can the Obesity Crisis Be Reversed? (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, c2021), by Rexford S. Ahima (multiple formats with commentary at Project MUSE)
- Hitchcock's Appetites: The Corpulent Plots of Desire and Dread (New York and London: Bloomsbury Academic, c2016), by Casey McKittrick
- Letter on Corpulence, Addressed to the Public (third edition; London: Harrison, 1864), by William Banting
- Letter on Corpulence, Addressed to the Public (fourth edition; London: Harrison, 1869), by William Banting
- Strong Medicine (Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Co., 1962), by Blake F. Donaldson, contrib. by Charles Gordon Heyd (page images at HathiTrust)
- Self-Administration of Abused Substances: Methods for Study, ed. by Norman A. Krasnegor (PDF at NIH)
- Behavioral Analysis and Treatment of Substance Abuse, ed. by Norman A. Krasnegor (PDF at NIH)
- Can the Obesity Crisis Be Reversed? (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, c2021), by Rexford S. Ahima (multiple formats with commentary at Project MUSE)
- Reducing Weight Comfortably: The Dietetic Treatment of Obesity (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., c1914), by Gustav Gaertner (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults: The Evidence Report, by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (U.S.) (HTML and PDF at NIH)
- Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults: The Evidence Report, by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (U.S.) (HTML and PDF at NIH)
- Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults: The Evidence Report, by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (U.S.) (HTML and PDF at NIH)
- Let's Eat for the Health of It (Washington: GPO, 2011), by United States Department of Agriculture and United States Department of Health and Human Services (PDF at fdlp.gov)
- The Adventures of Mr. Tom Plump (New York: P. J. Cozans, ca. 1860) (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Mrs. Knox's "Be Fit, Not Fat" Recipes: A Grand Collection of Favorite Recipes With Calories Reduced From 1/3 to 2/3 (Johnstown, NY: Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co., c1939), contrib. by Rose Markward Knox (page images at HathiTrust)
- Weighing the Options: Criteria for Evaluating Weight-Management Programs (1995), by Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (page images with commentary at NAP)
- The 10% Solution for a Healthy Life (blogged version of 1993 book, with reader comments and additional materials; scroll down page to see start of book), by Ray Kurzweil (HTML at kurzweilai.net)
- Weight Loss for Life (electronic edition, 2009), by Weight-control Information Network (U.S.) (HTML and PDF at NIH)
- Weighing the Options: Criteria for Evaluating Weight-Management Programs (1995), by Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (page images with commentary at NAP)
- Aim for a Healthy Weight (2005), by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (PDF at fdlp.gov)
- Basic Electrical Measurements (second edition; Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1960), by Melville B. Stout (page images at HathiTrust)
- The NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty, by National Institute of Standards and Technology (HTML at NIST)
- Joseph Fauchet, Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic Near the United States, to Mr. Randolph, Secretary of State of the United States (translated report of a French decree on metric weights and measures; 1795), by Joseph Fauchet, trans. by Geo. Taylor, contrib. by France National Convention Committee on Public Safety (page images at HathiTrust)
- Zur Geschichte des Spezifischen Gewichtes im Altertum und Mittelalter (dissertation in German; Erlangen: Buchdruckerei Junge und Sohn, 1914), by Heinrich Bauerreiss (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- A Discourse Presented to the Most Serene Don Cosimo II, Great Duke of Tuscany, Concerning the Natation of Bodies Upon, and Submersion in, the Water (translation of the second Italian edition; London: W. Leybourn, 1667), by Galileo Galilei, trans. by Thomas Salusbury (Gutenberg text and decorated HTML)
- Weights, Measures, and Tokens (Athenian Agora series, v10; Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1964), by Mabel L. Lang and Margaret Crosby (PDF in Greece)
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Units of measurement- The NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty, by National Institute of Standards and Technology (HTML at NIST)
- The Elevations of Certain Datum-Points on the Great Lakes and Rivers and in the Rocky Mountains, by James T. Gardiner (page images at MOA)
- The Strange and Dangerous Voyage of Captaine Thomas James, in His Intended Discovery of the Northwest Passage into the South Sea (London: Printed for John Legatt, 1633), by Thomas James (page images in Germany)
- Eastern Standard Tribe, by Cory Doctorow (multiple formats with commentary at craphound.com)
- Griechische und Römische Metrologie (extract from "Einleitende und Hilfsdisziplinen", in German; 1886), by Heinrich Nissen (page images at HathiTrust)
- Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices, by National Institute of Standards and Technology (partial serial archives)
- Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices, by National Institute of Standards and Technology (partial serial archives)