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Conversion table for the drop and their metric and US customary equivalents 1 drop 1 minim / 1 / 60 fluid drachm / 1 / 480 fluid ounce 1 / 30 salt spoon / 1 / 60 teaspoon ≈ 0·059 millilitre ≈ 0·0118 metric teaspoon ≈ 0·96 US customary minim / 0·016 US customary fluid dram / 0·002 US customary fluid ounce
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 ).
The cup is a cooking measure of volume, commonly associated with cooking and serving sizes.In the US, it is traditionally equal to one-half US pint (236.6 ml). Because actual drinking cups may differ greatly from the size of this unit, standard measuring cups may be used, with a metric cup commonly being rounded up to 240 millilitres (legal cup), but 250 ml is also used depending on the ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Cooking weights and measures (1 C, 22 P) Customary units of measurement in the United States (98 P) H.
Prior to 1960 the imperial and customary yard and the pound were sufficiently close to each other [Note 5] that for most practical purposes the differences in the sizes of units of length, area, volume and mass could be disregarded, though there were differences in usage - for example, in the United States short road distances are specified in ...
Conversions between units in the metric system are defined by their prefixes (for example, 1 kilogram = 1000 grams, 1 milligram = 0.001 grams) and are thus not listed in this article. Exceptions are made if the unit is commonly known by another name (for example, 1 micron = 10 −6 metre).
The Metric Conversion Act of 1975 is an Act of Congress that was signed into law by U.S. President Gerald Ford on December 23, 1975. [1] It declared the metric system "the preferred system of weights and measures for United States trade and commerce", but permitted the use of United States customary units in all activities.
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