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  2. Troy weight - Wikipedia

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    The only troy weight in widespread use is the British Imperial troy ounce and its American counterpart. Both are based on a grain of 0.06479891 gram (exact, by definition), with 480 grains to a troy ounce (compared with 437 + 1 ⁄ 2 grains for an ounce avoirdupois). The British Empire abolished the 12-ounce troy pound in the 19th century.

  3. Mace (unit) - Wikipedia

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    It is equal to 10 candareens and is 1 ⁄ 10 of a tael or approximately 3.78 grams. A troy mace is approximately 3.7429 grams. In Hong Kong, one mace is 3.779 936 375 grams. [2] and in Ordinance 22 of 1884, it is 2 ⁄ 15 ounces avoirdupois. In Singapore, one mace (referred to as chee) is 3.779 94 grams. [4]

  4. Grain (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The original mercantile pound of 25 shillings or 15 (Tower) ounces was displaced by, variously, the pound of the Hanseatic League (16 tower ounces) and by the pound of the then-important wool trade (16 ounces of 437 grains). A new pound of 7,680 grains was inadvertently created as 16 troy ounces, referring to the new troy rather than the old ...

  5. Tola (unit) - Wikipedia

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    It was also used in Aden and Zanzibar: in the latter, one tola was equivalent to 175.90 troy grains (0.97722222 British tolas, or 11.33980925 grams). [2] The tola is a Vedic measure, with the name derived from the Sanskrit तोलः tolaḥ (from the root तुल् tul) meaning "weighing" or "weight". [3]

  6. Orders of magnitude (mass) - Wikipedia

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    An overview of ranges of mass. To help compare different orders of magnitude, the following lists describe various mass levels between 10 −67 kg and 10 52 kg. The least massive thing listed here is a graviton, and the most massive thing is the observable universe.

  7. Ounce - Wikipedia

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    An imperial fluid ounce is defined in British law as 28.4130625 millilitres, [15] a US customary fluid ounce is 29.57353 mL, [16] and a US food labelling fluid ounce is 30 mL. [17] The fluid ounce is sometimes referred to simply as an "ounce" in contexts where its use is implicit, such as bartending .

  8. Is salmon or tuna healthier? There’s 2 major nutritional ...

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    According to the USDA, one serving (3 ounces) of fresh yellowfin tuna, cooked in dry heat, contains about: 110 calories. 25 grams of protein. 0.5 grams of fat. 92 micrograms of selenium (167% of ...

  9. Cooking weights and measures - Wikipedia

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    In Canada, a teaspoon is historically 1 ⁄ 6 imperial fluid ounce (4.74 mL) and a tablespoon is 1 ⁄ 2 imperial fl oz (14.21 mL). In both Britain and Canada, cooking utensils come in 5 mL for teaspoons and 15 mL for tablespoons, hence why it is labelled as that on the chart. The volume measures here are for comparison only.