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  2. Vietnamese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Originally, many thước of varying lengths were in use in Vietnam, each used for different purposes. According to Hoàng Phê (1988), [1] the traditional system of units had at least two thước of different lengths before 1890, [2] the thước ta (lit. "our ruler") or thước mộc ("wooden ruler"), equal to 0.425 metres (1 ft 4.7 in), and the thước đo vải ("ruler for measuring ...

  3. Value-added tax - Wikipedia

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    VAT = Valued Added Tax; BTW = Belasting op toegevoegde waarde South Korea 10% 0% (essential foodstuffs) VAT = bugagachise (Korean: 부가가치세; Hanja: 附加價値稅) Sri Lanka [155] 18% 0% VAT = Valued Added Tax has been in effect in Sri Lanka since 2001. On the 2001 budget, the rates have been revised to 12% and 0% from the previous 20% ...

  4. Tare weight - Wikipedia

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    With a laboratory scale, the tare weight is the mass of the flask and the net weight is the mass of the contents. Tare weight can be useful in computing the cost of the goods carried for purposes of taxation or for tolls related to barge, rail, road, or other traffic, especially where the toll will vary with the value of the goods carried (e.g., tolls on the Erie Canal).

  5. Huỳnh Tịnh Của - Wikipedia

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    Sculpture of Paulus Của. Paulus Huỳnh Tịnh Của or Paulus Huình Tịnh Của (1834-1907) was a Vietnamese Confucian scholar who studied and translated European works, classical Chinese works and Nôm works into Quốc Ngữ - modern romanized Vietnamese. [1] [2] [3] Like Trương Vĩnh Ký, Của was a Confucian scholar who converted to ...

  6. English wine cask units - Wikipedia

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    The tun (Old English: tunne, Latin: tunellus, Middle Latin: tunna) is an English unit of liquid volume (not weight), used for measuring wine, oil or honey.It is typically a large vat or vessel, most often holding 252 wine gallons, but occasionally other sizes (e.g. 256, 240 and 208 gallons) were also used.

  7. Human body weight - Wikipedia

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    Excess or reduced body weight is regarded as an indicator of determining a person's health, with body volume measurement providing an extra dimension by calculating the distribution of body weight. Average adult human weight varies by continent, from about 60 kg (130 lb) in Asia and Africa to about 80 kg (180 lb) in North America, with men on ...

  8. Weight - Wikipedia

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    The word weight denotes a quantity of the same nature [Note 1] as a force: the weight of a body is the product of its mass and the acceleration due to gravity. — Resolution 2 of the 3rd General Conference on Weights and Measures [ 14 ] [ 15 ]

  9. Newton (unit) - Wikipedia

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    A newton is defined as 1 kg⋅m/s 2 (it is a named derived unit defined in terms of the SI base units). [1]: 137 One newton is, therefore, the force needed to accelerate one kilogram of mass at the rate of one metre per second squared in the direction of the applied force.