Stories and discoveries from a life in engineering.
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Ancient Measurement an Abstract
ACADEMIA LettersAncient Measurement an Abstract (The Meter is 5000 years old) Background Roland Boucher In the 1960s while working in the Hughes Aircraft Satellite Division, I was involved in demon- strating satellite communications to the airline industry when NASA began asking for reports in the metric system. It was not used in the aviation industry at…
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ANCIENT MEASUREMENT a history of the development of ancient standards of measure 2020
This Book records the results of eight years of research into the development of standards of measure in the ancient world. It Makes important contributions to Ancient Metrology and The History of Science. These Ancient standards of Measure traveled the Earth from China and Japan in the east to England in the west. They also…
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The Pendulum and Standards of Measure in the Ancient World —- Chapter two 2017
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The Pendulum and Standards of Measure in the Ancient World — Chapter one 2017
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The Pendulum and the Foot in Ancient Metrology 2013
Presented at the Sigma Xi SOUTH WEST Regional Conference Jan 5 2013 Roland A. Boucher MS Yale 55, Retired, Orange County CA Chapter Sigma Xi Only Five Standards of Length Were Needed to Measure the Ancient World • All standards could be reproduced with an accuracy of one mm or less • All standards were…
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