The Metric System and Interchange of Weights and Measures
by Beach, D and Gibbens, E. A
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1880. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 62pp +6pp answer sheets laid-in. FIRST EDITION. Maroon boards, gilt lettering to cover and spine. Edges and spine lightly rubbed, spine slightly faded , interior is clean and unmarked, former owner's name on front free endpaper and title page. A concise account of the metric system and how to understand it.
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- Bookseller
- Old Bookshelf
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004757
- Title
- The Metric System and Interchange of Weights and Measures
- Author
- Beach, D and Gibbens, E. A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1880
- Pages
- 62
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- Mathematics Arithmetic Measurements Weights
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science and Mathematics;
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- 12mo
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- Gilt
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