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1397 - [DECIMAL SYSTEM]. PRIEUR DE LA COTE D'OR. Report on the measures taken to establish uniformity of weights and measures in the Republic …, Paris (Imprimerie de la République) Year III [1794–5]. In-12°, recent marbled paper, 24 pp. MARTIN, C. F. The Universal Regulator of Weights and Measures, a New Invention, to Teach … How to Determine the Reciprocal Ratios of the New System and the Weights and Measures of All Countries, as Well as the Francs, Livres Tournois, and Foreign Currencies … Avignon (Alphonse Berenguier; Madame Guyot), 1809. 8vo, 488 pp. SOULET D’UZECHE, Comparison of the New Weights and Measures with Those of All Countries. Followed by the calculation of interest using new, simple, and expeditious methods, the intrinsic value of coins, etc., Paris (Demonville and Bailleul), n.d. Italian format (12.8 x 20 cm), recycled vellum paper, pp. iv + 260, red edges. Set of 3 vols.
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[DECIMAL SYSTEM]. PRIEUR DE LA COTE D'OR. Report on the measures taken to establish uniformity of weights and measures in the Republic …, Paris (Imprimerie de la République) Year III [1794–5]. In-12°, recent marbled paper, 24 pp. MARTIN, C. F. The Universal Regulator of Weights and Measures, a New Invention, to Teach … How to Determine the Reciprocal Ratios of the New System and the Weights and Measures of All Countries, as Well as the Francs, Livres Tournois, and Foreign Currencies … Avignon (Alphonse Berenguier; Madame Guyot), 1809. 8vo, 488 pp. SOULET D’UZECHE, Comparison of the New Weights and Measures with Those of All Countries. Followed by the calculation of interest using new, simple, and expeditious methods, the intrinsic value of coins, etc., Paris (Demonville and Bailleul), n.d. Italian format (12.8 x 20 cm), recycled vellum paper, pp. iv + 260, red edges. Set of 3 vols. Provenance Silvain Lambert, Bonnetable. Provenance: library of Jean-Nérée RONFORT (1943–2012) A very modest copy of Martin’s work (without the *Régulateur*) compiled to determine the reciprocal relationships between the new system and the weights and measures of all countries, as well as those of their currencies. Soulet’s work, produced in another province, serves the same purpose.
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