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The Exchequer Standards may refer to the set of official English standards for weights and measures created by Queen Elizabeth I (English units), and in effect from 1588 to 1825, when the Imperial units system took effect, or to the whole range of English unit standards maintained by the Court of the Exchequer from the 1200s, or to the physical reference standards physically kept at the ...
[17] Moreover, the slogan "two plus two equals five", is the title of the collection of absurdist short stories Deux et deux font cinq (Two and Two Make Five, 1895), by Alphonse Allais; [1] and the title of the imagist art manifesto 2 x 2 = 5 (1920), by the poet Vadim Shershenevich. [2]
From May 1, 1683, King Christian V of Denmark introduced an office to oversee weights and measures, a justervæsen, to be led by Ole Rømer. The definition of the alen was set to 2 Rhine feet. Rømer later discovered that differing standards for the Rhine foot existed, and in 1698 an iron Copenhagen standard was made.
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, [17] is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. [18]
Voting power in the IMF is based on a quota system. Each member has a number of basic votes, equal to 5.502% of the total votes, [123] plus one additional vote for each special drawing right (SDR) of 100,000 of a member country's quota. [124] The SDR is the unit of account of the IMF and represents a potential claim to currency.
8 US fl oz (237 mL) Smaller of the two original sizes Currently only available for hot drinks Tall 12 US fl oz (355 mL) Larger of the two original sizes Grande 16 US fl oz (473 mL) Italian for "large" Venti 20 US fl oz (591 mL) - Hot 26 US fl oz (770 mL) - Iced Italian for "twenty" Trenta 30 US fl oz (887 mL)
Most animals and plants are able to synthesize vitamin C through a sequence of enzyme-driven steps, which convert monosaccharides to vitamin C. Yeasts do not make l-ascorbic acid but rather its stereoisomer, erythorbic acid. [62] In plants, synthesis is accomplished through the conversion of mannose or galactose to ascorbic acid.
However, the price then began a slow decline towards $1200 per troy ounce in late 2014 and 2015. In August 2020, the gold price picked up to US$2060 per ounce after a total growth of 59% from August 2018 to October 2020, a period during which it outplaced the Nasdaq total return of 54%. [182] Gold futures are traded on the COMEX exchange. [183]