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Weights and Measures in Scotland: A European Perspective examines Scotland’s distinctive system of weights and measures that was the basis of the country’s trade for centuries. In this accessible and comprehensive study, the authors have identified and described the surviving historical standards, and have unravelled for the first time the seeming complexity of their use.  They have also arrived at new conclusions about the early development of weights and measures in England and the Low Countries. ‘Based upon career-long dedication to historical metrology, the book is marked by a high degree of technical skill, much hard-gained knowledge, and an evident enthusiasm to communicate the subject to a wider audience.’ Economic History Review. Co-publication with Tuckwell Press.

Winner of the Saltire Society National Library Research Book of the Year 2005

Read the review by Aaron Allen University of Edinburgh