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  2. Catty - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Ismail (mangonel expert) - Wikipedia

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    He surveyed the approaches, and planted a mangonel at the southeast corner. Its weight was 150 catties (over 200 lbs./440 kg) and when the machinery was discharged, the noise was said to shake heaven and earth. It broke down all before it, and pierced the ground to a depth of seven feet (2 m).

  4. Chinese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    On 16 February 1929, the Nationalist government adopted and promulgated The Weights and Measures Act [2] to adopt the metric system as the official standard and to limit the newer Chinese units of measurement (Chinese: 市用制; pinyin: shìyòngzhì; lit. 'market-use system') to private sales and trade in Article 11, effective on 1 January ...

  5. Video of Persian Cat Cuddling Inside Owner’s Clothes ... - AOL

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    The post Video of Persian Cat Cuddling Inside Owner’s Clothes Goes Viral appeared first on CatTime. A recently posted TikTok is turning heads and challenging stereotypes about feline behavior.

  6. Video of Cat Trying To Fit In a Box That Is Too Small Goes Viral

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    Emmy Lou, a determined calico cat, proved this in a viral TikTok video where she repeatedly tries to squeeze herself into a box that’s far too small. The endearing moment has […]

  7. Picul - Wikipedia

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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. The picul is most commonly used in southern China and Maritime Southeast Asia.

  8. Weight transfer - Wikipedia

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    Weight transfer is generally of far less practical importance than load transfer, for cars and SUVs at least. For instance in a 0.9g turn, a car with a track of 1650 mm and a CoM height of 550 mm will see a load transfer of 30% of the vehicle weight, that is the outer wheels will see 60% more load than before, and the inners 60% less.

  9. Mass transfer - Wikipedia

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    Mass transfer is the net movement of mass from one location (usually meaning stream, phase, fraction, or component) to another. Mass transfer occurs in many processes, such as absorption , evaporation , drying , precipitation , membrane filtration , and distillation .