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The large piki of Constantinople (also known as the arsin) was equal to 0.669 m [1] [2] [3] A masonry piki (also known as the meimar zire) was equal to 0.750 m. [1] [2] [3] Two types of piki were used to measure cloth. The measurement for silks was equal to 25 inches, and for linen and woolens it was equal to 27 inches. [4]
A measure roughly equivalent to a British hogshead. 1 legger (leaguer) = 388 kannen = 16 anker = 4 ahm [152 Dutch gallons, 575.67 (≈576) liters, 126. 63 (≈127) Imp. gals.] A legger (anglicised as "leaguer") was a Dutch term for a large barrel of wine, roughly equivalent to a British butt [477.3 (≈477) liters, 105 Imperial gallons].
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No equivalent in cubic inches is given in the statute, but later regulations specify it as 5,826 cubic inches. [4] Some products have a standard weight or volume that constitutes a barrel: Cornmeal, 200 pounds (91 kg) Cement (including Portland cement [5]), 4 cubic feet (113 L; 30 US gal) or 376 pounds (171 kg) [3]
The litre (Commonwealth spelling) or liter (American spelling) (SI symbols L and l, [1] other symbol used: ℓ) is a metric unit of volume. It is equal to 1 cubic decimetre (dm 3 ), 1000 cubic centimetres (cm 3 ) or 0.001 cubic metres (m 3 ).
The koku (斛) is a Chinese-based Japanese unit of volume. 1 koku is equivalent to 10 to or approximately 180 litres (40 imp gal; 48 US gal), [a] [1] or about 150 kilograms (330 lb) of rice. It converts, in turn, to 100 shō and 1000 gō . [ 2 ]
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 ...
Height of keg: 23.3 inches Diameter of keg: 16.1–17.15627 inches Contents: 1984 U.S. fluid ounces 15.5 U.S. gallons 12.90645 imp. gallons 58.673882652 liters Full keg weight: 161.5 pounds / 72.8 kg Empty keg weight: 29.7 pounds / 13.5 kg Beer weight: 131.8 pounds / 59.3 kg 24 × 12 fl oz case equivalent: 6.875 cases 12 fl oz servings: 165