著者
岩田 重雄 Shigeo Iwata
雑誌
計量史研究 = Bulletin of the Society of Hist[o]rical Metrology, Japan (ISSN:02867214)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.1, no.1, pp.5-9, 1979-01-25

Tracing the changes of mass standard by statistical calculation on the basis of the weights, nominal gold and silver coins, and metrological conversion tables in modern Japan, the author has obtained the following results : There had been no great change in mass standard in modern Japan, its mean value during 298 years from 1573 to 1870 being 3.736×10^<-3>kg per \"momme\". Since the beginning of 19th century, mass standard has been rising enormously, and especially, its mean value during 37 years from 1834 to 1870 reached 3.756×10^<-3>kg. In 1871, the \"Regulation of New Coins\" was enacted and 1 \"momme\" was determined at 3.756521×10^<-3> kg, but it was not universally observed. The mean value during 20 years from 1871 was 3.750×10^<-3>kg. This value was adopted in the \"Law of Weights and Measures\" in 1891, and continued till the Shaku-Kan system was abolished.
著者
岩田 重雄
出版者
日本計量史学会
雑誌
計量史研究 = Bulletin of the Society of Hist[o]rical Metrology, Japan (ISSN:02867214)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.26, no.2, pp.93-99, 2004-12-01
参考文献数
54
被引用文献数
1
著者
高田 誠二 Seiji TAKATA 久米美術館
出版者
日本計量史学会
雑誌
計量史研究 = Bulletin of the Society of Hist[o]rical Metrology, Japan (ISSN:02867214)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.26, no.1, pp.29-34, 2004-06-30
参考文献数
9
被引用文献数
4

Amano Kiyosi (1907-1945), who was an able physicist and a distinguished historian of science but killed by the air raid 4 months before the termination of the W.W.II, performed extensive researches, both bibliographical and experimental, on the Japanese weights and measures of historical importance. Summarized in this paper are the achievements as well as the legacy of his researches, particularly on l) the relation between the old Japanese and the modern Metric units of length, 2) the variety of the local standards of volume in the feudalistic era of Japan and 3) the actual mass of the traditional weights preserved by several museums in Japan.