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  2. Pound (mass) - Wikipedia

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    The equivalence for the pound was given as 1 lb = 453.592 65 g or 0.45359 kg, which made the kilogram equivalent to about 2.204 6213 lb. In 1883, it was determined jointly by the standards department of the British Board of Trade and the Bureau International that 0.453 592 4277 kg was a better approximation, and this figure, rounded to 0.453 ...

  3. Pound (force) - Wikipedia

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    The pound-force is the product of one avoirdupois pound (exactly 0.45359237 kg) and the standard acceleration due to gravity, approximately 32.174049 ft/s 2 (9.80665 m/s 2). [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The standard values of acceleration of the standard gravitational field ( g n ) and the international avoirdupois pound (lb) result in a pound-force equal ...

  4. International yard and pound - Wikipedia

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    The international yard was about two millionths of a meter longer than the imperial yard, while the international pound was about six ten-millionths of a kilogram lighter than the imperial pound. [13] The metric-based international yard and international pound were adopted by the United States National Bureau of Standards effective 1 July 1959.

  5. Metrication - Wikipedia

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    In this system, the basic units were the mão-travessa (hand) = 1 decimetre (10 mão-travessas = 1 vara (yard) = 1 metre), the canada = 1 litre and the libra (pound) = 1 kilogram. [61] In the Netherlands , 500 g is informally referred to as a pond ( pound ) and 100 g as an ons ( ounce ), and in Germany and France, 500 g is informally referred ...

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    Goat Cheese, Pecan, and Mixed Green Salad. This premade salad consists of mixed greens, pecans, dried cranberries, bell peppers, tomatoes, red onions, and goat cheese with a honey vinaigrette. The ...

  7. World juniors USA vs. Finland: How to watch hockey gold-medal ...

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    Switzerland 3, Kazakhstan 1. Finland 3, Latvia 0. Sweden 4, Czechia 2. United States 4, Canada 1. World juniors hockey playoff round. All times Eastern. Jan. 2 (quarterfinals) Sweden 3, Latvia 2.

  8. After a slow start, flu season is picking up steam - AOL

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    So far this season, there have been an estimated 3.1 million illnesses, 37,000 hospitalizations and 1,500 deaths from the flu, according to the CDC. The last flu season, the CDC estimated that the ...

  9. Quintal - Wikipedia

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    In France it used to be defined as 100 livres (pounds), about 48.95 kg (108 lb), and has been redefined as 100 kg (mesures usuelles), thus called metric quintal with symbol qq. In Spain , the quintal is still defined as 100 libras , or about 46 kg (101 lb), but the metric quintal is also defined as 100 kg; [ 3 ] In Portugal a quintal is 128 ...