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  2. Cooking weights and measures - Wikipedia

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    Weight is measured in ounces and pounds (avoirdupois) as in the U.S. Volume is measured in imperial gallons, quarts, pints, fluid ounces, fluid drachms, and minims. The imperial gallon was originally defined as 10 pounds (4.5359 kg) of water in 1824, and refined as exactly 4.54609 litres in 1985.

  3. Template:Convert/list of units - Wikipedia

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    US dry gallon: USdrygal US dry gal 1/8 US bsh Allows triple output units. See: full list. 1.0 US dry gal (4.4 L) USdrygal l; USdrygal L; USdrygal impgal; U.S.drygal U.S. dry gal U.S.drygal l; U.S.drygal L; U.S.drygal impgal; US dry quart: USdryqt US dry qt 1/32 US bsh 1.0 US dry qt (1,100 ml) U.S.dryqt U.S. dry qt US dry pint: USdrypt US dry pt

  4. Avoirdupois - Wikipedia

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    The weights are in denominations of 7 pounds (corresponding to a unit known as the clip or wool-clip), 14 pounds (stone), 56 pounds (4 stone) and 91 pounds (1 ⁄ 4 sack or woolsack). [ 18 ] [ 19 ] The 91-pound weight is thought to have been commissioned by Edward III in conjunction with the statute of 1350, while the other weights are thought ...

  5. Ounce - Wikipedia

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    The ounce (/ ˈ aʊ n s /) is any of several different units of mass, weight, or volume and is derived almost unchanged from the uncia, an Ancient Roman unit of measurement.. The avoirdupois ounce (exactly 28.349 523 125 g) is 1 ⁄ 16 avoirdupois pound; this is the United States customary and British imperial ounce.

  6. Human body weight - Wikipedia

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    Excess or reduced body weight is regarded as an indicator of determining a person's health, with body volume measurement providing an extra dimension by calculating the distribution of body weight. Average adult human weight varies by continent, from about 60 kg (130 lb) in Asia and Africa to about 80 kg (180 lb) in North America, with men on ...

  7. Dry matter - Wikipedia

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    The apple, therefore, contains 158 mg potassium (0.72/100 X 22 g). Dried apple contains the same concentration of potassium on a dry matter basis (0.72%), but is only 32% water (68% dry matter). So 138 g of dried apple contains 93.8 g dry matter and 675 mg potassium (0.72/100 x 93.8 g).

  8. Orders of magnitude (mass) - Wikipedia

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    The tonne (t) is an SI-compatible unit of mass equal to a megagram (Mg), or 10 3 kg. The unit is in common use for masses above about 10 3 kg and is often used with SI prefixes. For example, a gigagram ( Gg ) or 10 9 g is 10 3 tonnes, commonly called a kilotonne .

  9. Specific weight - Wikipedia

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    The specific weight, also known as the unit weight (symbol γ, the Greek letter gamma), is a volume-specific quantity defined as the weight W divided by the volume V of a material: = / Equivalently, it may also be formulated as the product of density, ρ, and gravity acceleration, g: = Its unit of measurement in the International System of Units (SI) is newton per cubic metre (N/m 3), with ...