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  2. Indian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    When the British first began trading in India, they accepted barley corn as a unit for weighing gold. Eventually, the British introduced their own system for weighing gold. In 1956, the government of independent India passed the Standards of Weights Act, which would come into effect in 1958.

  3. History of measurement systems in India - Wikipedia

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    Baber, Zaheer (1996), The Science of Empire: Scientific Knowledge, Civilization, and Colonial Rule in India, State University of New York Press, ISBN 0-7914-2919-9. Chakrabarti, Bhupati (2007), "Fifty years of the metric system in India and its adoption in our daily life", Current Science, 92 (3): 390–391, Indian Academy of Sciences.

  4. Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India - Wikipedia

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    These units are equipped with designing, engraving, complete Pre-printing and Offset facilities, Intaglio Printing machines, Numbering & Finishing machines, etc. [3] Currency is also printed by the two presses of Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reserve Bank of India.

  5. Check weigher - Wikipedia

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    This data can be used to determine if an issue exists with an upstream filling, or packaging, machine. A checkweigher can send a signal to the machine to increase or decrease the amount put into a package. This can result in a payback [5] associated with the checkweigher since producers will be better able to control the amount of give-away.

  6. Tola (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The tola (Hindi: तोला / Urdu: تولا, romanized: tolā; also transliterated as tolah or tole) is a traditional Ancient Indian and South Asian unit of mass, now standardised as 180 grains (11.6638038 grams) or exactly 3 ⁄ 8 troy ounce.

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    Chiefs vs. Texans predictions, picks. Here's how the USA TODAY Sports staff feels the Chiefs vs. Texans matchup will go:. Tyler Dragon: Chiefs 24, Texans 21 Jordan Mendoza: Texans 23, Chiefs 20 ...

  8. What You Need To Do Before It Gets Ridiculously Cold

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  9. Weight machine - Wikipedia

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    A weight machine is an exercise machine used for weight training that uses gravity as the primary source of resistance and a combination of simple machines to convey that resistance to the person using the machine. Each of the simple machines (pulley, lever, wheel, incline) changes the mechanical advantage of the overall machine relative to the ...