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2. Traditional French units of measurement - Wikipedia

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   1 ⁄ 4 of a quart. The litre is etymologically related to this unit. quart: 1 ⁄ 4: 3.174 dm 3: 0.698 imp gal 0.721 U.S. dry gal 1 ⁄ 4 of a boisseau. boisseau: 1 12.7 dm 3: 2.8 imp gal 2.9 U.S. dry gal Although etymologically related to the English unit bushel, the French bushel is about one third the size.

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. 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 ...

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

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   The units of cubic length (the cubic inch, cubic foot, cubic mile, etc.) are the same in the imperial and US customary systems, but they differ in their specific units of volume (the bushel, gallon, fluid ounce, etc.). The US customary system has one set of units for fluids and another set for dry goods. The imperial system has only one set ...

6. Cord (unit) - Wikipedia

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   Retrieved November 9, 2020. A standard cord is a unit of measure of wood products 4 feet (122 cm) wide, 4 feet (122 cm) high, and 8 feet (244 cm) long, or its equivalent, containing 128 cubic feet (3.6 m3) when the wood is ranked and well stowed. Any voids that will accommodate a stick, log or bolt of average dimensions to those in that pile ...

7. Medieval weights and measures - Wikipedia

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   The best-attested of these is the perch, which varied in length from 10 to 25 feet, with the most common value (16 1 ⁄ 2 feet or 5.03 m) remaining in use until the twentieth century. [1] Later development of the English system continued in 1215 in the Magna Carta. [2] Standards were renewed in 1496, 1588 and 1758. [3]