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The Israelite system of powder/liquid volume measurements corresponds exactly with the Babylonian system. Unlike the Egyptian system, which has units for multiples of 1, 10, 20, 40, 80, and 160 of the base unit, the Babylonian system is founded on multiples of 6 and 10, namely units of 1, 12, 24, 60, 72 (60 plus 12), 120, and 720. [1]
It may be that all English-unit derived capacity measurements are derived from one original approximate measurement: the mouthful, consisting of about 1 ⁄ 2 ounce, called the ro in ancient Egypt (their smallest recognized unit of capacity). [4] [5] The mouthful was still a unit of liquid measure during Elizabethan times. [6]
A fluid ounce (abbreviated fl oz, fl. oz. or oz. fl., old forms ℥, fl ℥, f℥, ƒ ℥) is a unit of volume (also called capacity) typically used for measuring liquids. The British Imperial , the United States customary , and the United States food labeling fluid ounce are the three that are still in common use, although various definitions ...
Volume Unit of measure cubic metre litre Reference size Usage 1 cubic metre = 1 = 1000: base unit in SI 1 barrel = 0.158 987 294 928 = 158.987294928 = 42 US gallons = 9,702 cubic inches: e. g. for oil: 1 cubic foot = 0.028 316 846 592 = 28.316864592 = 1,728 cubic inches: 1 cubic decimetre = 0.001 = 1: 1 litre = 0.001 = 1: 1 gallon (US) = 0.003 ...
Today, most of the world prefers metric measurement by weight, [3] though the preference for volume measurements continues among home cooks in the United States [4] [5] and the rest of North America. Different ingredients are measured in different ways: Liquid ingredients are generally measured by volume worldwide.
A homer (Hebrew: חֹמֶר ḥōmer, plural חמרם ḥomārim; also כֹּר kōr) is a biblical unit of volume used for liquids and dry goods. One homer is equal to 10 baths, or what was also equivalent to 30 seahs; each seah being the equivalent in volume to six kabs, and each kab equivalent in volume to 24 medium-sized eggs. [1]
The US Customary system of units makes use of set of dry units of capacity that have a similar set of names [Note 7] to those of liquid capacity, though different volumes: the dry pint having a volume of 33.6 cubic inches (550 ml) against the US fluid pint's volume of 28.875 cubic inches (473 ml) and the imperial pint of 34.68 cubic inches (568 ...
The table of imperial avoirdupois mass is the same as the United States table up to one pound, but above that point, the tables differ. The imperial system has a hundredweight, defined as eight stone of 14 lb each, or 112 lb ( 50.802 345 44 kg ), whereas a US hundredweight is 100 lb ( 45.359 237 kg ).