Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I METHODS OF INDUCTIVE EXAMINATION
- CHAPTER II APPLICATION OF THE DOCTRINE OF PROBABILITIES
- CHAPTER III SOURCES OF ERROR, NOTES ON ASCERTAINING UNITS, AND RESULTS TO BE EXPECTED
- CHAPTER IV EGYPT
- CHAPTER V BABYLONIA, ASSYRIA, PERSIA, AND SYRIA
- CHAPTER VI ASIA MINOR AND GREECE
- CHAPTER VII ITALY, AFRICA, AND SARDINIA
- CHAPTER VIII MEDIÆVAL IRELAND AND ENGLAND
- CHAPTER IX RUDE STONE REMAINS, AMERICA, INDIA, &c
- CHAPTER X SYNOPSIS OF THE INDUCTIVE EXAMINATION. HISTORY OF METRICAL UNITS
- GENERAL RESULTS
- List of Books from which measurements have been extracted
- ADDENDA
CHAPTER II - APPLICATION OF THE DOCTRINE OF PROBABILITIES
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2014
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I METHODS OF INDUCTIVE EXAMINATION
- CHAPTER II APPLICATION OF THE DOCTRINE OF PROBABILITIES
- CHAPTER III SOURCES OF ERROR, NOTES ON ASCERTAINING UNITS, AND RESULTS TO BE EXPECTED
- CHAPTER IV EGYPT
- CHAPTER V BABYLONIA, ASSYRIA, PERSIA, AND SYRIA
- CHAPTER VI ASIA MINOR AND GREECE
- CHAPTER VII ITALY, AFRICA, AND SARDINIA
- CHAPTER VIII MEDIÆVAL IRELAND AND ENGLAND
- CHAPTER IX RUDE STONE REMAINS, AMERICA, INDIA, &c
- CHAPTER X SYNOPSIS OF THE INDUCTIVE EXAMINATION. HISTORY OF METRICAL UNITS
- GENERAL RESULTS
- List of Books from which measurements have been extracted
- ADDENDA
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- Inductive MetrologyOr, The Recovery of Ancient Measures from the Monuments, pp. 24 - 37Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013