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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.
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 equivalent of 58.2 kg.
A standard seer from Almora, India.. A Seer (also sihr) is a traditional unit of mass and volume used in large parts of Asia prior to the middle of the 20th century. It remains in use only in a few countries such as Afghanistan, Iran, and parts of India although in Iran it indicates a smaller unit of weight than the one used in India.
LPG has a typical specific calorific value of 46.1 MJ/kg compared with 42.5 MJ/kg for fuel oil and 43.5 MJ/kg for premium grade petrol (gasoline). [14] However, its energy density per volume unit of 26 MJ/L is lower than either that of petrol or fuel oil, as its relative density is lower (about 0.5–0.58 kg/L, compared to 0.71–0.77 kg/L for ...
The MG 5 was launched in Australia in June 2023. Imported from China, two trim levels known as Vibe and Essence are offered with the 1.5-litre naturally aspirated engine and CVT transmission option available as standard on the Vibe trim and the 1.5-litre turbo and 7 speed dual clutch transmission on the Essence trim. [30]
The kilogram (also spelled kilogramme [1]) is the base unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), having the unit symbol kg. [1] The word "kilogram" is formed from the combination of the metric prefix kilo- (meaning one thousand) and gram ; [ 2 ] it is colloquially shortened to " kilo " (plural "kilos").
On 1 January 2012, the Nigerian government headed by president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, tried to cease the subsidy on petrol and deregulate the oil prices by announcing the new price for petrol as US$0.88/litre from the old subsidised price of US$0.406/litre (LAGOS), which in areas distant from Lagos petrol was priced at US$1.25/litre.
1.01 kg (2.23 lb) 11 Poland: 1.00 kg (2.20 lb) 12 Japan: 0.97 kg (2.13 lb) 13 Saudi Arabia: 0.90 kg (1.98 lb) 14 South Africa: 0.81 kg (1.79 lb) 15 Netherlands: 0.78 kg (1.72 lb) 16 Australia: 0.75 kg (1.65 lb) 17 United Arab Emirates: 0.72 kg (1.59 lb) 18 Germany: 0.69 kg (1.52 lb) 19 Hong Kong: 0.65 kg (1.43 lb) 20 Ukraine: 0.58 kg (1.28 lb ...