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THIS is a text-book for university students taking the ordinary course; its scope is indicated by the following abbreviated list of chapter headings: Weights and measures, significant figures, logarithms, the slide rule, graphic representation, interpolation, measurements and errors, least squares. In their preface the authors defend and, in our opinion, justify the novel practice of separating the study of the principles of measurement from that of its applications. They are pioneers, and as such deserve our gratitude; but gratitude must not prevent a careful scrutiny.
The Theory of Measurements.
By Dr. Lucius Tuttle Prof. John Satterly. Pp. xii + 333. (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1925.) 12s. 6d. net.
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CAMPBELL, N. The Theory of Measurements . Nature 117, 191–192 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/117191a0
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