access icon free Appendix A: James Watt and the metric system

Author(s): Paul Tunbridge
Source: Lord Kelvin: his influence on electrical measurements and units, p. 86-87
Publication date January 1992

This appendix is about the adoption of the metric system of weights and measures, and includes extracts of a letter from Prof. Archibald Barr (Director of the James Watt Engineering Laboratory at the University of Glasgow) to Lord Kelvin.

Inspec keywords: measurement systems; weighing; units (measurement)

Other keywords: James Watt; metric system; weight measure

Subjects: Measurement units

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