Excerpt from The Theory of Measurements
For the student of mathematics this book is intended to furnish an introduction to some of the applications of the exact sciences and their relation to the "practical" sciences and useful arts, and is primarily intended to give him a knowledge of facts and methods, but without neglecting the accurate exercise of his reasoning powers.
For the student of physical science it is intended especially to emphasize general considerations of measurement, theory of errors, general methods of procedure, quantitative accuracy, adjustment of observations, etc., - topics that are often merely mentioned in the introduction or appendix of a laboratory manual, but that need laboratory work and drill quite as much as the measurements of the individual quantities that the student will take up in his later work. Where it is impossible to find time for a complete course of the kind described here it may be helpful to use selected chapters of the book sis occasion arises, or the student may be directed to use it as a reference book, or even to read it through without performing any of the experimental work.
The book is based on the mimeographed direction sheets that were used in the first part of a laboratory course which the writer gave at Jefferson at a time when there was no elementary textbook available that covered the required ground.
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