Abstract
A VERY large number of conferences has been held in recent years on questions connected with electric and magnétic units. Most scientific workers are content to use the units without discussing them, and have probably been relieved to find that in spite of many weighty pronouncements there has been no very noticeable change in current usage. There is, however, a vague idea abroad that important changes took effect in January 1940, and one of the objects of this book is to introduce to students the new position, the authors adopting the view that this is represented by the M.K.S. system.
M.K.S. Units and Dimensions and a Proposed M.K.O.S. System
By Prof. G. E. M. Jauncey A. S. Langsdorf. Pp. viii + 62. (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1940.) 4s. net.
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HARTSHORN, L. M.K.S. Units and Dimensions and a Proposed M.K.O.S. System. Nature 146, 793–794 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146793a0
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