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2. Swedish units of measurement - Wikipedia

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   linje – "line", after 1863 1⁄10 tum, 2.96 mm (0.117 in). Before that, 1⁄12 tum or 2.06 mm. mil – "mile", also lantmil. From 1699, defined as a unity mile of 18 000 alnar or 10.69 km (6.64 mi). The unified mile was meant to define the suitable distance between inns. After the 1889 metric conversion the Swedish mil is defined as exactly ...

3. Cooking weights and measures - Wikipedia

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   Cooking weights and measures. Measuring spoons (metric) – 1 mL, 5 mL, 15 mL, 50 mL, 100 mL, 125 mL. Measuring spoons (customary units) In recipes, quantities of ingredients may be specified by mass (commonly called weight), by volume, or by count. For most of history, most cookbooks did not specify quantities precisely, instead talking of "a ...

4. Medieval weights and measures - Wikipedia

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   ligne – 1⁄12 pouce 2.2558 mm. pouce – Inch, 1⁄12 pied 27.070 mm. pied – Foot, varied through times, the Paris pied de roi is 324.84 mm. Used by Coulomb in manuscripts relating to the inverse square law of electrostatic repulsion. Isaac Newton used the "Paris foot" in his Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.

5. Measuring cup - Wikipedia

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   Measuring cup. A simple plastic measuring cup, capable of holding the volume one cup. A measuring cup is a kitchen utensil used primarily to measure the volume of liquid or bulk solid cooking ingredients such as flour and sugar, especially for volumes from about 50 mL (approx. 2 fl oz) upwards. Measuring cups are also used to measure washing ...

6. Quart - Wikipedia

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   The reputed quart was a measure equal to two-thirds of an imperial quart (or one-sixth of an imperial gallon), at about 0.7577 liters, which is very close to one US fifth (0.757 liters). The reputed quart was previously recognized as a standard size of wine bottle in the United Kingdom, and is only about 1% larger than the current standard wine ...

7. Revere Ware - Wikipedia

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   10 qt. Stock Pot: 10" 7.5" 10" 16 qt. Stock Pot: 12" 8.5" 12" Skillets: 6" Skillet ... The marked skillet dimensions refer to interior circumference at the top most ...

8. Gallon - Wikipedia

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   The corn or dry gallon is used (along with the dry quart and pint) in the United States for grain and other dry commodities. It is one-eighth of the (Winchester) bushel, originally defined as a cylindrical measure of ⁠18 1 2 ⁠ inches in diameter and 8 inches in depth, which made the bushel 8 in × (⁠9 1 4 ⁠ in)2 × π ≈ 2150.42017 ...

9. Cup (unit) - Wikipedia

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   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.