On Wednesday 2003 November 05 19:03, Han Maenen wrote: > A very good work on the history of British units is R.D. Connor, The > Weights and Measures of England, London 1987; it was sold by HMSO and I > bought my copy long ago in the Scientific Museum in London. It seems to be > out of print and I can only hope that one day it will be reprinted.
I have been in contact with Prof Connor over the last couple of years. He has now completed his companion volume, "The Weights and Measures of Scotland". However, last I heard was that he was having difficulties with the putative publisher (National Museums of Scotland) over whether they could afford to publish it, as they presumably see it as too erudite for today's market. I have suggested several times that he tries to get WME re-published, but he has never responded to my urgings. -- Chris KEENAN UK Metric Assoc: www.metric.org.uk
