Weights and Measures in Regional Studies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5970029 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Geoffrey Dent, Julian Dent (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 58-65 |
| Publication date | 1981-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folk Life (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0430-8778 • E-ISSN: 1759-670X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/043087781798240200 |
| OpenAlex | W2077991947 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
According to one scholar ‘Some historical materials are intended to convey information, some to entertain only, and some to deceive. Some are aimed at contemporaries, some are aimed at posterity and some are not aimed at all’. Nowhere is the truth of this statement more evident than in the use of historical material involving weights and measures, and the purpose of what follows is to illustrate with examples howmisleading apparently factual material may be unless it is recognized that there was much less uniformity than some sources would suggest
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| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1988 - 1992 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |