Technikatörténeti szemle 9. (1977)

THE ROLE OF MEASUREMENT STANDARS IN HUMAN CIVILIZATION Conference on the History of Measurement Lectures Budapest April 27—30, 1976. First part L. ÁRVAY. B. BALAZSOVICH L. BARTHA I. BENKÖ—L. KISS G. BlRO H. F. BOWSHER G. BUCHHEIM B. BUGYI G. DALOCSA A. DEBRECZENY— P. VAJDA GY. DÉZSI W. ENDREI S. EÖTVÖS A. FALNIOWSKA— GRADOWSKA W. HAUSER— H. KLAGES D. B. HERRMANN P. HONTI A. HORVÁTH Measuring system development with particular respect to electric quantités 77 Importance of the metric system in construction engineering 83 Maximilian Hell, and the development of the precise determination of geographical locations in the 18 th century 89 Special features in the history of thermodynamic measurements as reflected by the development of experimental physics 101 Measurement and physics 109 Evolution of ancient metrological units 115 The influence of the development of unitary electrical standards on the Foundation of the „Physikalisch — Technische Reichsanstalt" ... 129 History of recognization and analysis of Hungarian mineral waters 135 Development of the meausrement methods in the timber industry from folding rule to electron microscope 139 The first induction-type alternating current watt-hour meter 145 Development of the photometry 153 The heritige of the middle age and the measuring units of textile industry 157 Development of flow measurements 163 Essays in unification of land measurements during the age of englihtenment in Poland 169 The métrologie task of the National Institute of Physics and Technics 177 From the metre to the cosmic dimension ... 185 István Krusper's metrological activity 191 Development of chronometers 197