Alder Ken <br/><br/>
The measure of all things :  the seven-year odyssey that transformed the world / 
Ken Alder. 
 - London :  Little, Brown,  2002. 
 - xii, 466 p. :  ill., portraits, maps ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographic references and index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0316859893 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Delambre J B J 17491822 <br/>Méchain Pierre 17441804 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Metric system--History<br/>Astronomers--France--Biography
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QC91 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>530.812