{"id":16790,"date":"2022-08-09T17:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T15:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=213209"},"modified":"2022-08-09T17:57:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T15:57:08","slug":"measurement-an-unexpected-history","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/measurement-an-unexpected-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Measurement: an unexpected history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Elinor Evans\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 09 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>From weight and distance, to calorie-counting and calculating the depths of space, throughout history, humans have loved to measure things. Speaking to Elinor Evans, James Vincent \u2013 author of <em>Beyond Measure<\/em> \u2013 uncovers some fascinating and unexpected stories from the history of measurement.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-213209-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/HistoryExtra20220809-16e1c83.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/HistoryExtra20220809-16e1c83.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/HistoryExtra20220809-16e1c83.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><strong>James Vincent is the author of <em>Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement<\/em> (Faber &amp; Faber, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/beyond-measure\/james-vincent\/9780571354214&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Beyond-Measure-Hidden-History-Measurement-ebook\/dp\/B09N7XSF3V\/?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Buy now on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/beyond-measure\/james-vincent\/9780571354214&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Waterstones<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Elinor Evans Published: Tuesday, 09 August 2022 at 12:00 am From weight and distance, to calorie-counting and calculating the depths of space, throughout history, humans have loved to measure things. 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