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In imperial China and later, the unit was used for a measure equivalent to 100 catties. [8] In 1831, the Dutch East Indies authorities acknowledged local variances in the definition of the pikul. [9] In Hong Kong, one picul was defined in Ordinance No. 22 of 1844 as 133 + 1 ⁄ 3 avoirdupois pounds. [5] The modern definition is exactly 60. ...
Related units include the picul, equal to 100 catties, and the tael, which is 1 ⁄ 16 of a catty. A stone is a former unit used in Hong Kong equal to 120 catties and a gwan ( 鈞 ) is 30 catties. Catty or kati is still used in Southeast Asia as a unit of measurement in some contexts especially by the significant Overseas Chinese populations ...
The Taiwan tael is 37.5 g and is still used in some contexts. The Taiwan tael is derived from the tael or ryō (両) of the Japanese system (equal to 10 momme) which was 37.5 g. Although the catty (equal to 16 taels) is still frequently used in Taiwan, the tael is only used for precious metals and herbal medicines. [citation needed]
1 ⁄ 100 pico 604.78982 g 1.3333 lb Hong Kong and Macau share the definition. daam3: 擔: dan, tam, picul: pico 100 None 60.478982 kg 133.3333 lb Hong Kong and Macau share the definition. Ding 1000 kg
2 + 1 ⁄ 4 qt 2.70214 qt 2 စိတ် seit: 10.2287 L 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 gallons 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 pecks: 2.70214 gallons 1.16106 pecks 4 ခွဲ: hkwe: 20.4574 L 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 gallons 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 pecks 5.40428 gallons 2.32213 pecks 2 တင်း: tin: 40.9148 L 9 gallons 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 bushels: 10.8086 gallons 1.16107 bushels 2
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 ...
Wine was measured with units based on the wine gallon of 231 cubic inches (3.785 L), while beer was measured with units based on an ale gallon of 282 cubic inches (4.621 L) and grain was measured with the Winchester measure, with a gallon of approximately 268.8 cubic inches (one eighth of a Winchester bushel or 4.405 L). In 1824, these units ...
This is an important concept when using paint industrially to calculate the cost of painting. [1] It can be said that it is the real volume of paint. Here is the formula by which one can calculate the volume solid of paint, (Total sum by volume of each solid ingredient in paint x 100%)/ Total sum by volume of each ingredient in paint.