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  2. Cooking weights and measures - Wikipedia

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    In Canada, a teaspoon is historically 1⁄6 imperial fluid ounce (4.74 mL) and a tablespoon is 1⁄2 imperial fl oz (14.21 mL). In both Britain and Canada, cooking utensils come in 5 mL for teaspoons and 15 mL for tablespoons, hence why it is labelled as that on the chart. The volumetric measures here are for comparison only.

  3. United States customary units - Wikipedia

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    The teaspoon, tablespoon, and cup are defined in terms of a fluid ounce as 1 ⁄ 6, 1 ⁄ 2, and 8 fluid ounces respectively. The fluid ounce derives its name originally from being the volume of one ounce avoirdupois of water, [citation needed] but in the US it is defined as 1 ⁄ 128 of a US gallon. Consequently, a fluid ounce of water weighs ...

  4. Troy weight - Wikipedia

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    A Good Delivery silver bar weighing 1,000 troy ounces (83 troy pounds; 31 kg) Troy weight is a system of units of mass that originated in the Kingdom of England in the 15th century [1] and is primarily used in the precious metals industry. The troy weight units are the grain, the pennyweight (24 grains), the troy ounce (20 pennyweights), and ...

  5. Comparison of the imperial and US customary measurement ...

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    The table of imperial avoirdupois mass is the same as the United States table up to one pound, but above that point, the tables differ. The imperial system has a hundredweight, defined as eight stone of 14 lb each, or 112 lb (50.802 345 44 kg), whereas a US hundredweight is 100 lb (45.359 237 kg). In both systems, 20 hundredweights make a ton.

  6. How many ounces are in a cup? A quick and easy conversion guide

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    How many ounces in a cup? There are 8 fluid ounces in a cup. ... How many ounces in a cup? A full liquid conversion guide. Related articles. AOL. All-Clad cookware is up to 76% off right now. AOL.

  7. Apothecaries' system - Wikipedia

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    English-speaking countries also used a system of units of fluid measure, or in modern terminology volume units, based on the apothecaries' system. Originally, the terms and symbols used to describe the volume measurements of liquids were the same as or similar to those used to describe weight measurements of solids [33] (for example, the pound by weight and the fluid pint were both referred to ...

  8. Baker percentage - Wikipedia

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    Volume to mass conversions for some common cooking ingredients; ingredient density g/mL [note 5] metric cup 250 mL imperial cup ≈284 mL U.S. customary cup ≈237 mL [note 6] g oz g oz g oz water [note 7] 1 [note 8] 249–250 8.8 283–284 10 236–237 8.3 [note 9] granulated sugar 0.8 [20] 200 7.0 230 8.0 190 6.7 wheat flour 0.5–0.6 [20 ...

  9. Metrication in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Soft drink containers of 1 and 0.5 liters (and more recently 1.25 liter bottles) are increasingly sold alongside 12 fl oz, 16 fl oz, 20 fl oz, and 24 fl oz (355, 473, 591 and 710 mL) sizes. The half-liter water bottle (16.9 fl oz) has nearly replaced the 16 ounce size. 700 mL (23.6 fl oz) and one-liter sizes are also common, though 20 fl oz and ...