Technikatörténeti szemle 10. (1978)

CONTENTS THE ROLE OF MEASUREMENT STANDARDS IN HUMAN CIVILIZATION Conference on the History of Measurement v .. Lectures Budapest April 27—30, 1976. Second part. L. KÁROLYI Anthropometry 9 L. D. KLND On the history of electric units in the International System of Units . 17 E. KOCSIS— Hungarian pioneers in the improvement of the X-ray B. BUGYI— tube 25 J. VÉGH T. KUCZYNSKI Characteristic ratios of dependence between older metric systems 33 E. MAUL A The Beginning of Angular Measurement 43 K. MÁTRA History of the measurement techniques applied for material testing equipment in Hungary 59 H. MOREAU The convention du metre and the Bureau International des Poids etMesures '.. 63 G. OSZETZKY Contribution to the development of electrical measuring instruments 69 G. PALLÓ— Was the measurement by Lóránd Eötvös an „experiI. GAZDA mentum cruris" ? 1:1 77 F. PETIK Constructional development of the material testing machines...; 85 0. PETRIK Measures and proportions in technical modelling 93 T. PODGURSKI The present situation and development perspectives of measurement engineering in Poland, and at world level 101 M. A. POWELL Ancient Mesopotamian Weight Metrology 109 F. ROTTER 200 years legal Metrology in Austria 113