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A picul / ˈ p ɪ k əl /, [1] dan [2] or tam, [3] is a traditional Asian unit of weight, defined as "as much as a man can carry on a shoulder-pole". [1] Historically, it was defined as equivalent to 100 or 120 catties, depending on time and region.
Related units include the picul, equal to 100 catties, and the tael, which is 1 ⁄ 16 of a catty. A stone is a former unit used in Hong Kong equal to 120 catties and a gwan ( 鈞 ) is 30 catties. Catty or kati is still used in Southeast Asia as a unit of measurement in some contexts especially by the significant Overseas Chinese populations ...
1 ⁄ 100: 5 g 0.1764 oz mace or Chinese dram: liǎng: 市兩: 1 ⁄ 10: 50 g 1.764 oz tael or Chinese ounce: jīn: 市斤: 1 500 g 1.102 lb catty or Chinese pound formerly 16 liang = 1 jin dàn: 市擔: 100 50 kg 110.2 lb picul or Chinese hundredweight
Common weights were 50, 10, 5 and one tael. Before the year 1840 the government of the Qing dynasty had set the official exchange rate between silver sycees and copper-alloy cash coins was set at 1,000 wén for 1 tael of silver before 1820, but after the year 1840 this official exchange rate was double to 2,000 wén to 1 tael. [5]
The outhouse is a unit of area used in nuclear physics equal to 10 −6 barns (100 am 2 = 10 −34 m 2). The barn (b) is a unit of area used in nuclear physics equal to one hundred femtometres squared (100 fm 2 = 10 −28 m 2). The are (a) is a unit of area equal to 100 m 2. The decare (daa) is a unit of area equal to 1000 m 2.
The six cast-iron bands (for strengthening the barrel) each measures 1 ft 1 in. and weighs 3 catties. The barrel holds 100 bullets, each weighing 0.5 oz. (5 qian) and 3 oz. of (gun-)powder. [36] Long range awe-inspiring cannon (weiyuanpao) Each weighs 120 catties and measures 2 ft 8 in. long.
It fell out of favor by the end of the 19th century. 1 muid (sack) = 4 schepels [ 109.1 L , 23.998 (≈24) Imp. gal., 2.99 (≈3) Imp. bushels] [ 11 ] Derived from a medieval French word for a dry measure of seeds large enough to plant a set area of land.
A servant in charge of Reia's miscellaneous matters. He is A class criminal who has been sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for 100 years because of peeping in girls' bath several times. Though he is pervert, No.18 is an alumnus of Thousand Blade Academy and a fine swordsman. Ferris Dorhein (フェリス・ドラハイン, Ferisu dorahain)