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A number of units of measurement were used in the Philippines to measure various quantities including mass, area, and capacity. The metric system has been compulsory in the country since 1860, during the late Spanish colonial period. [1] A mixture of Spanish units and indigenous units were used alongside American units in the 1900s.
Cavan was reported in the late 19th century as a measure for rice equivalent to 98.28 litres. [4] Various references from the same period describe it as a unit of mass: for rice, 133 lb (about 60.33 kg); for cocoa, 83.5 lb, (about 37.87 kg) one source says on the average 60 kg for rice and 38 kg for cacao [5]). Other sources claim it was the ...
Serving sizes on nutrition labelling on food packages in Canada employ the metric cup of 250 mL, with nutrition labelling in the US using a cup of 240 mL, based on the US customary cup. [4] In the UK, teaspoons and tablespoons are formally 1 ⁄ 96 and 1 ⁄ 32 of an imperial pint (5.92 mL and 17.76 mL), respectively.
A 1-gō masu, a wooden box used for measuring portions of rice or sake. The gō or cup is a traditional Japanese unit based on the ge which is equal to 10 shaku or 1 ⁄ 10 shō. It was officially equated with 2401 / 13310 liters in 1891. The gō is the traditional amount used for a serving of rice and a cup of sake in Japanese cuisine.
The cup is a cooking measure of volume, commonly associated with cooking and serving sizes.In the US, it is traditionally equal to one-half US pint (236.6 ml). Because actual drinking cups may differ greatly from the size of this unit, standard measuring cups may be used, with a metric cup being 250 millilitres.
The clock is ticking for families hoping to send letters to Santa Claus at the North Pole this holiday season. Letters need to be postmarked by Monday, a spokesperson for the U. S. Postal Service ...
Hasshakumasu (8 shaku or 4/5 gō [144 ml]) = The former standard masu size, probably because 8 is a lucky number. Ichigōmasu (1 gō [180 ml]) = The modern standard masu size, equal to a measure of 1 gō (0.18039 L) or 10 shaku. Nigōhanmasu (2.5 gō [450 ml.]) = Holds a quarter shō measure. Gogōmasu (5 gō [900 ml]) = Holds a half shō measure.
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