Elsevier's lexicon of international and national units: English/American, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Portuguese, Polish, Swedish, Russian

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by  Clason W.E.

E L S E VI E R’S
L E X I C O N OF I N T E R N A T I O N A L
AND N A T I O N A L UNIT S
ELSEVIER LEXICA
UNDER THE GENERAL EDITORSHIP OF
PROF. JEAN HERBERT
FORMER CHIEF INTERPRETER TO THE UNITED NATIONS
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PREFACE
The object of this book is to put in the hands of all those working on
scientific or technical subjects a guide containing an indication of the
meaning and value of internationally and nationally used units. The
availability of such a vade mecum is not only important in view of the
fact that due to the large number of units it is hardly possible always
to remember its exact meaning but also because in our era of the rapid
development of science and technology nobody has the time to consult
various scientific and technical textbooks in every case.
Another reason for publishing this book is that by adopting the
Giorgi system of units, a number of units used until now and frequently
encountered in scientific and technical literature, are doomed to dis­
appear. This booklet will facilitate the task of the scientific and tech­
nical worker in understanding all the literature.
The national units of weights and measures have been included to
enlarge the usability.
September, 1963 W. E. Clason
CONTENTS
International units.......................................................................... i
Units used in different countries of the w orld ................................39
List of useful words in defining fundamental units and making
derived units.......................................................................................58
Prefixes used in unit terminology........................................................58
Index of international and national units...........................................61
Russian index of international and national units . . . . 73
Bibliography.............................................................................................75
LANGUAGE INDICATIONS
de German
el Spanish
fr French
it Italian
ne Dutch
ni Japanese
pi Polish
pr Portuguese
ru Russian
sv Swedish
1 absolute unit pr amperio
Unit defined in terms of a rec­ pl amper
ognized system of fundamental sv ampere
units, usually those of length, mass ru ампер
and time.
de absolute Einheit 5 ampere foot
el unidad absoluta The product of 1 ampere multi­
fr unité absolue plied by 1 foot. The unit ampere
it unità assoluta foot is used in figuring motor cir­
ni zettai-tan’i cuits or circuits designed to carry
ne absolute eenheid a mixed load.
pr unidade absoluta
pl jednostka bezwzględna 6 ampere-hour — Ah
sv absolut enhet Quantity of electricity conveyed
ru абсолютная единица across any cross-section of a con­
ductor when an unvarying cur­
2 acre rent of 1 ampere flows in the con­
Unit of area, equal to 4840 square ductor for 1 hour.
yards and 4046.86 square metres. de Amperestunde
de acre el amperio-hora
el acre fr ampère-heure
fr acre it amperora
it acre ni anpea-zi
ni êkã ne ampère-uur
ne acre pr ampere-hora
pr acre pl amperogodzina
pl akr sv amperetimme
sv acre ru амперчас
ru акр
7 ampere-tura — AT
3 acre foot — acre ft. Unit of magnetomotive force. The
UK unit of volume equal to magnetomotive force produced by
1233.48 m3. 1 ampere flowing through a single
1 m3 = 0.000 810 71 acre ft. turn of a conductor.
de Amperewindung
4 ampere — A el amperio-vuelta
The basic unit of current flow in fr ampère-tour
the practical (MKSA) system of it ampergiro, amperspira
units. It is equivalent to l * */i0 abam- ni anpea-kaisû
pere. If 1 ampere is maintained ne ampèrewinding
constant in each of two straight pr ampere-volta
parallel conductors of infinite pi amperozwój
length and of negligible circular sv amperevarv
sections, placed 1 m apart in a ru ампервиток
vacuum, a force will be produced
equal to 2T0"7 * * * newton per metre 8 ångström — Å
of length. 1 Ångström is equal to 1/6 x
de Ampere 438.4696 of the wavelength of the
el amperio red cadmium line in dry air at
fr ampère standard atmospheric pressure,
it ampere 15°G and 0.03 per cent, by volume
ni anpea of carbon dioxide.
ne ampère de Ångström