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The Weights and Measures Act 1985 (as amended) no longer shows the quarter as a unit of volume: an 1825 quarter of wheat would weigh about 494 lb, [b] substantially more than the 1985 definition. In measures of liquid volume at the time of Magna Carta , the quarter of wine was (originally) ¼ tun : 8 London bushels or 64 wine gallons .
The name derives from ELektronen KAlkulator, and it weighed around 8 kg (18 lb). It is the first calculator in the world which includes the square root function. Later that same year were released the ELKA 22 (with a luminescent display) [22] [24] [25] and the ELKA 25, with an built-in printer.
It is 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) long with a total system weight of 65 kg (143 lb). It is designed to fire the ADEN/DEFA 30×113mm B rounds. The weight of the projectile varies from 244 g (8.6 oz) for HEI to 270 g (9.5 oz) for APHEI-SD. Typical muzzle velocity is 810 m/s (2,700 ft/s) with a rate of fire of 750 rounds per minute.
However, a sheet of common copy paper that has a basis weight of 20 pounds (9.1 kg) does not have the same mass as the same size sheet of coarse paper (newsprint). In the former case, the standard ream is 500 sheets of 17-by-22-inch (432 by 559 mm) paper, and in the latter, 500 sheets of 24-by-36-inch (610 by 914 mm) paper.
Elk can weigh as much as 450 kilograms (1,000 lb) and moose 640 kilograms (1,400 lb). Bullet weights of 10.7–13.0 grams (165–200 gr) are the preferred choices for these game species. Controlled expansion bullets are more effective than lighter bullets for these larger species of ungulate.
He was the only middle distance athlete to produce the winning streak necessary to be entitled for a share of the jackpot of 50 kilograms (1,608 troy ounces) of gold (2000–2002) or US$1 million (1998–1999, 2003–present). As of 2011 he was the only athlete to have won it three times in a row.
The Larry Semon-directed version of the film The Wizard of Oz was released, with Semon as the Scarecrow, Dorothy Dwan as Dorothy, and comedian Oliver Hardy as the Tin Man. [62] Died: Elwood Haynes , 67, American automobile manufacturer who (in 1894 ) created the Haynes-Apperson Pioneer, the second gasoline-powered auto in U.S. history, 10 ...