Measuring America. How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States and Fulfilled thje Promise of Democracy.
New York: Walker & Co, 2002. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Measuring America tells the fascinating story of how we ultimately gained the American Customary System—the last traditional system in the world—and how one man's surveying chain indelibly imprinted its.....
