Ancient Measurement: How Ancient Civilizations Created Precise and Reproducible Standards Elise Wallace while British ships ferried undesirables

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ISBN13: 9780071443395

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Ancient Measurement: How Ancient Civilizations Created Precise and Reproducible Standards Elise Wallace while British ships ferried undesirablesThe Sumerians were not the only ones to create remarkably accurate standards of measurement in the Ancient world. Some would travel to the ends of the Earth, some would be with us still today. Roland A. Boucher, a licensed professional engineer, examines incredible achievements of the past in this book that highlights standards of measure from the ancient Sumerians, Egyptians, Minoans, and others. The Sumerians left two wonderful monuments which