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Charles Sanders Peirce and the First Absolute Measurement Standard

15th August 2020

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The non-scientific mind has the most ridiculous ideas of the precision of laboratory work, and would be much surprised to learn that, excepting electrical measurements, the bulk of it does not exceed the precision of an upholsterer who comes to measure a window for a pair of curtains.
—Charles S. Peirce (1908)

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