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2. Stone (unit) - Wikipedia

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   The stone or stone weight (abbreviation: st.) [1] is an English and British imperial unit of mass equal to 14 avoirdupois pounds (6.35 kg). [ nb 1 ] The stone continues in customary use in the United Kingdom and Ireland for body weight .

3. Template:Convert/list of units - Wikipedia

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   Explanation system unit unit-code symbol or abbrev. notes sample default conversion combination output units the system(s) to which the unit belongs

4. List of conversion factors - Wikipedia

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   See Weight for detail of mass/weight distinction and conversion. Avoirdupois is a system of mass based on a pound of 16 ounces, while Troy weight is the system of mass where 12 troy ounces equals one troy pound. The symbol g 0 is used to denote standard gravity in order to avoid confusion with the (upright) g symbol for gram.

5. Orders of magnitude (mass) - Wikipedia

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   10 16: 1 × 10 16 kg 951 Gaspra, the first asteroid ever to be closely approached by a spacecraft (rough estimate) [125] 1 × 10 16 kg Rough estimate of the total carbon content of all organisms on Earth. [126] 3 × 10 16 kg Rough estimate of everything produced by the human species. [127] 3.8 × 10 16 kg Total carbon stored in the oceans. [128 ...

6. Catty - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

7. Imperial units - Wikipedia

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   The former Weights and Measures office in Seven Sisters, London (590 Seven Sisters Road). The imperial system of units, imperial system or imperial units (also known as British Imperial [1] or Exchequer Standards of 1826) is the system of units first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act 1824 and continued to be developed through a series of Weights and Measures Acts and amendments.

8. Kilogram per cubic metre - Wikipedia

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   The kilogram per cubic metre (symbol: kg·m −3, or kg/m 3) is the unit of density in the International System of Units (SI). It is defined by dividing the SI unit of mass, the kilogram, by the SI unit of volume, the cubic metre. [1]

9. Apothecaries' system - Wikipedia

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   English-speaking countries also used a system of units of fluid measure, or in modern terminology volume units, based on the apothecaries' system. Originally, the terms and symbols used to describe the volume measurements of liquids were the same as or similar to those used to describe weight measurements of solids [33] (for example, the pound by weight and the fluid pint were both referred to ...