Inductive Metrology - Or, the Recovery of Ancient Measures From the Monuments

Klappentext This innovative 1877 work explains how monuments can be reinterpreted to determine ancient methods of linear measurement. Zusammenfassung As a young man, Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853–1942) published in 1877 this innovative approach to metrology, based on his early surveying experiences. It analyses monuments from a range of civilisations to determine their methods of linear measurement. Notably, Petrie establishes that societies without writing systems could also make accurate measurements. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; 1. Methods of inductive examination; 2. Application of the doctrine of probabilities; 3. Sources of error, notes on ascertaining units, and results to be expected; 4. Egypt; 5. Babylonia, Assyria, Persia, and Syria; 6. Asia Minor and Greece; 7. Italy, Africa, and Sardinia; 8. Mediaeval Ireland and England; 9. Rude stone remains, America, India, etc.; 10. Synopsis of the inductive examination; General results; Addenda.

Product details

• Authors: Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, William Matthew Flinders Petrie
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.09.2013
• EAN: 9781108065764
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06576-4
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region