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  2. Cooking weights and measures - Wikipedia

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    The imperial gallon was originally defined as 10 pounds (4.5359 kg) of water in 1824, and refined as exactly 4.54609 litres in 1985. Traditionally, when describing volumes, recipes commonly give measurements in the following units: Tumbler (10 fluid ounces; [29] [30] named after a typical drinknig glass)

  3. Density - Wikipedia

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    The Imperial gallon was based on the concept that an Imperial fluid ounce of water would have a mass of one Avoirdupois ounce, and indeed 1 g/cm 3 ≈ 1.00224129 ounces per Imperial fluid ounce = 10.0224129 pounds per Imperial gallon.

  4. Van der Waals constants (data page) - Wikipedia

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    The following table lists the Van der Waals constants (from the Van der Waals equation) for a number of common gases and volatile liquids. [ 1 ] To convert from L 2 b a r / m o l 2 {\displaystyle \mathrm {L^{2}bar/mol^{2}} } to L 2 k P a / m o l 2 {\displaystyle \mathrm {L^{2}kPa/mol^{2}} } , multiply by 100.

  5. Dram (unit) - Wikipedia

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    In the apothecaries' system, which was widely used in the United States until the middle of the 20th century, [15] the dram is the mass of 1 ⁄ 96 pounds apothecaries (lb ap), or 1 ⁄ 8 ounces apothecaries (oz ap or ℥) [5]: C-7 (the pound apothecaries and ounce apothecaries are equal to the troy pound (lb t), and troy ounce (oz t ...

  6. Comparison of the imperial and US customary measurement ...

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    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 ).

  7. Fluid ounce - Wikipedia

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    For serving sizes on nutrition labels in the US, regulation 21 CFR §101.9(b) requires the use of "common household measures", and 21 CFR §101.9(b)(5)(viii) defines a "common household" fluid ounce as exactly 30 milliliters. This applies to the serving size but not the package size; package sizes use the US customary fluid ounce.

  8. Dm3 - Wikipedia

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    Dm3 may refer to: . Cubic decimetre (), a volume unit which is exactly equivalent to a litre; SJ Dm3 locomotives pulling iron ore trains in Sweden and Norway; DM3 density meter density measurement system for industrial in-line slurries

  9. Unit of volume - Wikipedia

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    Erntefestmeter (Efm), a unit of volume for trees or forests which assumes a 10% loss due to bark and 10% during the felling process. Vorratsfestmeter (Vfm), a unit of volume for trees or forests based on measurements including the bark. Raummeter (rm), or stere (stacked firewood) = 0.7 m 3 (stacked woodpile with air spaces)