Archive network SCAN systems of measurement Category Obsoleteunits of measure Scottish Category ...Scotland had a distinct Units of measurement system of measures and weights until at least the late 18th ... existed, often using local weighing stones. See also Units of measurement Systems of measurement History of measurementScottish coinage Scottish pronunciation Bibliography Collins Encyclopedia of Scotland ... and the boll and the firlot as units of dry measure . This official system coexisted with local variants, especially for the measurement of land. The system is said to have been introduced by David I ... of a new monarch. Nevertheless, there was considerable local variation in many of the units, and the units of dry measure steadily increased in size from 1400 to 1700. ref name Simpson citation author Simpson, A. D. C. year 2005 contribution Interpreting Scots measurement terms a cautionary ... on the Older Scottish Tongue editor Kay, Christian J. Mackay, Margaret A. location Edinburgh publisher ... National Museums of Scotland NMS Tuckwell Press isbn 978 1901663884 . ref The Scots units of length ... June 1685 . APS viii 494, c.59. RPS 1685 4 83. ref and the other units by the Act of Union 1707 Treaty .... The introduction of the Imperial units Imperial system by the Weights and Measures Act 1824 saw the end of any formal use in trade and commerce, although some informal use as customary units continued ... was used as the standard for a Scottish mile Ell Scots ell The ell lang la ulna was the basic unit ... 1427 3 2. ref The Barony ell of 42 inches was used as the basis for land measurement in the Four ... 1685 4 83 ref name 1663 6 81 yard 36 inches. ref name 1685 4 83 Rarely used except with English units ... to the Scots rod unit rod and raip rope . ref fall, faw , Dictionary of the Scottish Language Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue http www.dsl.ac.uk online edition . ref Mile Scots Scots mile 320 falls 1973 yards , but varied from place to place. Obsolete by the 19th century. ref mile , Dictionary ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Old Poland Polish weights and measures mostly used in Middle Ages included Length Krok measure Krok pl Krok miara awka pl awka jednostka d ugo ci okie unit of measurement okie pl okie miara Pi d pl Pi d Staje pl Staje Stopa pl Stopa miara Area an pl an miara powierzchni Morga measure Morga pl Morga Staje pl Staje W ka pl W ka miara powierzchni reb pl reb Volume Garniec pl Garniec Korzec unit of measurement Korzec pl Korzec aszt pl aszt Mass and monetary units Grzywna unit Grzywna pl Grzywna ekonomia pl Grzywna jednostka miar Kamie measure Kamie pl Kamie miara Kwarta pl Kwarta jednostka wagowa Kwartnik pl Kwartnik ut pl ut Skojec pl Skojec Wiardunek pl Wiardunek Time Pacierz pl Pacierz Zdrowa ka pl Zdrowa ka See also pl Systemy miar stosowane na ziemiach polskich Systems of measurement DEFAULTSORT Obsolete Polish Units Of Measurement Category Obsolete units of measure Polish Category History of Poland Category Science and technology in Poland Category Polish culture Category Systems of units Poland hist stub pl Miary staropolskie ... more details
kg Qantar 1 Qantar 2 pot 40.951 kg Berkovets o 1 Berkovets 10 pot 163.805 kg systems of measurement Category Obsoleteunits of measure Tatar Category History of Tatarstan Category Human based units of measure Tatar Category Systems of units Tatar units of measurement russia stub tt Tatar ...A native system of weights and measures was used by Tatars until 1924, but became obsolete when the Soviet Union adopted the metric system . The Tatar system shares many units with the Obsolete Russian weights and measures Russian system e.g. saj n and dis tin , which is close to the English The Obsolete Russian weights and measures Russian system existed since ancient Rus , but under Peter the Great , the Russian units were redefined relative to the English unit English system . , therefore a duym is pretty much equal to an inch. This list includes their Tatar language names. Length Duym , inch thumb 25.4 mm Qar 44.45 mm Fut foot unit foot 1 Fut 12 duym 304.8 mm irek, qar or s y m 1 irek 4 qar 177.8 mm Ar n 1 Ar n 4 cirek 16 qar 28 d ym 711.2 mm Saj n, qola or tayaq 1 Saj n 3 ar n 7 fut 2.133 m aqr m 1 aqr m 500 saj n 1.0668 km F rs x or parasang 1 F rs x 6 7 aqr m 6.400 7.467 km Mil , geographical mile 1 Mil 7 aqr m 7.467 km Atn tuqtaws z yur yu, the distance a horse travels without stops 1 Atn tuqtaws z yur yu 15 25 km C y wlene k nlek yul , a day of riding 1 C y wlene k nlek yul 35 aqr m 37.338 km Atn k nlek yul , the distance a horse travels in one day, equal to 40 50 km C y wlene ayl q yul , a month of riding, equal to 1120.14 km 1 C y wlene ayl q yul 1050 aqr m Area Quadrat saj n 1 Quadrat saj n 1 saj n 4.552 m C rib 1 C rib 3600 ar n 1820.9 m Dis tin 1 Dis tin 2400 Quadrat saj n 10,925.4 square metre m ca. 1.1 hectare ha irek 1 irek dis tin 5462.7 m Quadrat aqr m 1 Quadrat aqr m 1 aqr m 1.138 square kilometre km Volume Garnets 3.279 litre l irekt n sigez ... more details
in the former Soviet lands. References Reflist systems of measurement Category Obsoleteunits of measure Russian Category History of Russia Category Systems of units Russian units of measurement Category Human based units of measure Russian Category Science and technology in Russia bn be ... Value English units tochka lang ru point 1 2800 0.254 mm 1 100 inch liniya lang ru line ... milia lang ru mile 10,500 7.4676 km 24,500 ft 4 169 264 mi 37 4 33 fur Alternative units Swung ... systems of measurement the Russian distinguishes between dry and liquid measurements of capacity ... Unit Russian Translation Ratio Metric value Imperial units Imperial value United States customary units US Customary chast lang ru part 1 30 109.33 cm sup 3 sup 0.219 pt 0.263 pt kruzhka ... more details
Refimprove date July 2009 No footnotes date July 2009 Taiwanese units of measurement zh t p T izh poj T i ch are the customary and traditional Units of measurementunits of measure used in Taiwan . Many of the units derive from Japanese units of measurement and have similar names as Chinese units of measurement but different conversions than in China or Hong Kong . In some cases these units are used exclusively, in some cases alongside official International System of Units metric SI units, and in other cases they have been supplanted by metric units. Linguistics Linguistically , practically all Taiwanese units of measure are Chinese classifier s used to classifier linguistics classify nouns . Image Sam ho chhi.jpg thumb Fruits sold in catty catties in a Taiwanese market Length Linear measure in Taiwan is largely metric but some units derived from traditional Japanese units of measurement remain in use. 1 chhioh Shaku unit shaku , foot zh t p ch Minnan chhioh 10 chh n 0.3030 meters 1 chh n Cun length cun , inch zh t p c n Minnan chh n 0.03030 meters Area Unlike with other measures, area continues to be almost exclusively measured with traditional rather than SI units. Taiwanese units of land measurement derive from both traditional Netherlands Dutch and Japan ese measurements. The principal unit of land measure, the kah , derives from the obsolete Dutch unit morgen which was introduced in Taiwan s era of Dutch colonization or from the Dutch word for field , akker . The l ... but bulk foodstuffs sold in wet market s and supermarket s are typically measured with units derived from traditional Japanese units of measurement . 1 tael zh t p li ng Minnan ni 10 Mace measurement ... differs from some same named Chinese units of measurement . External links http www.gio.gov.tw ... units of measurement Chinese units of measurement Hong Kong units of measurement Systems of measurement DEFAULTSORT Taiwanese Units Of Measurement Category Systems of units Taiwan stub zh min nan ... more details
, an Arabic unit for measuring volumes. Systems of measurement DEFAULTSORT Ancient Arabic Units Of Measurement Category Obsoleteunits of measure Arabic Category Human based units of measure Category Systems of units MEast hist stub measurement stub tr Eski Arap uzunluk l birimleri ...The Arab ic ancient weights and measures system of measurement is based on the ancient Persian weights and measures Persian system Dubious date November 2009 . It was used in the Ottoman Empire . Length class wikitable colspan 5 big Table of length units big Unit Plural Relative value Metric value Notes align center assb align right align right 1 16 Arabic foot align right 2.25 cm align right A finger length align center cabda align right align right 1 4 Arabic foot align right 9 cm align right A palm length align center Arabic foot align right align right align right 32 cm align right align center cubit align right align right Cubit , traditionally 2 Arabic feet, later 1.5 Arabic feet align right align right A cubit length align center orgye align right align right 6 Arabic feet align right 1.92 m align right A pace length align center qasab align right align right 12 Arabic feet align right 3.84 m align right A cane length align center seir align right align right 600 Arabic feet align right 192 m align right Also noted as a stadion , a stadium length. align center ghalva align right align right 720 Arabic feet align right 230.4 m align right align center parasang align right align right 18000 Arabic feet align right 5.76 km align right From Ancient Mesopotamian Iraqi parasang . Roughly analogous to an English league . align center barid align right align right 4 parasang align right 23.04 km align right align center marhala align right align right ... books?id GV1aV7V7I00C&pg RA1 PR31&dq 22arabic units 22&cd 1 v onepage title Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights, and Measures Their SI Equivalences and Origins publisher Springer year ... more details
. Reference and notes references systems of measurement Category Systems of units category Obsoleteunits of measure Category Turkey related lists de Alte Ma e und Gewichte T rkei tr Osmanl d neminde ...The list of traditional Turkish units of measurement is given below. History The Ottoman Empire , the predecessor of modern Turkey was one of the 17 signatories of the Metre Convention in 1875 . For 58 years both the international and the traditional units were in use, but after the proclamation of a Turkish republic the traditional units became obsolete. In 1931 by Act No. 1782, international units became compulsory and the traditional units were banned from use starting 1 January, 1933 . ref T rkiye nin 75 y l , Tempo yay nlar , stanbul, 1998, p. 53 ref The list of units class sortable wikitable Quantity Name of the unit In modern units ref Fethi Y cel Pratik Matematik ,T rkiye Bankas K lt r yay nlar , Ankara, 1963,p.15 ref In Imperial units colspan 4 Length length merhale 45480 m. 28.26 Mi length parasang fersah 5685 m. 6217.192 Yd 3.532 Mile Mi length berid 227 m. 744.75 Ft 248.25 Yard length Yd length kula 1.89 m. 6.2 Ft length ar n 0.68 m. 26.772 In 2.23 Foot length Ft length endaze 0.65 m. 25.59 In length rubu 0.085 m. 3346.456 Th 3.346 Inch In length hat 0.00263 m. 103.543 Thou length Th colspan 4 Area area d n m big 2720 m sup 2 sup 29277.836 Ft sup 2 sup area Dunam d n m old 919 m sup 2 sup 9892.034 Square foot Ft sup 2 sup colspan 4 Volume volume kile stanbul 0.037 m sup 3 sup 37 lt. 32.57 Qt 8.143 gallon Gal volume inik 0.00925 m sup 3 sup 9.25 lt. 8.143 Quart Qt colspan 4 Weight weight eki 225.789 kg. ref In this and following weight units kg. and gr. mean technically kg weight or gr weight. ref 31.118 St weight kantar 56.449 kg. 124.474 LB 8.891 Stone Imperial mass St weight batman 7.697 kg. 16.972 LB weight okka 1.282 kg. 45.221 Oz 2.826 Pound mass LB weight dirhem 0.003207 kg. 3.207 gr. 49.491 Gr 0.115 ounce Oz weight k rat 0.0002004 kg. 0.2004 ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2008 Ancient Persian units An official system of weights and measures was established in the ancient Achaemenid Empire Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty 550 350 BCE . Length class wikitable colspan 1 Persian unit Persian name Relation to previous unit Metric Value Imperial Value finger align right aiwas align right 20 mm 0.79 inch In hand align right dva align right 5 aiwas 100 mm. 3.94 In foot align right trayas align right 3 dva 300 mm. 11.81 In four hands align right remen align right 4 dva 400 mm. 15.75 In 1.31 Foot length FT cubit five hands align right pank a dva align right 5 dva 500 mm. 19.69 In 1.64 FT great cubit six hands align right k swacsh dva align right 6 dva 600 mm 23.62 In 1.97 FT pace align right pank a align right 5 trayas 1.5 Meter M . 4.92 FT ten foot align right daca trayas align right pank a 3 M 9.84 FT 3.28 Yard length YD hundred foot align right chebel align right 8 daca trayas 24 M 78.74 FT 26.25YD league, the distance a horse could walk in one hour. align right parasang align right 250 chebel 6 kilometer km 6561.68YD 3.73 Mile MI mansion, one day s march on the Royal Road . align right Ancient Greece Greek stathmos align right 4 or 5 parasang 24 30 km 14Mi 18Mi Volume The shekel and mina profane or sacred were units of both weight and volume. A shekel or mina weight was equal to the weight of that volume of water. Note that the values given for the mina do not match the definitions. 1 shekel 8.3 ml approximately 1 cubic aiwas . 1 profane mina 50 shekel 500 ml approximately 27 cubic aiwas . 1 sacred mina 60 shekel ... 126 isbn 0 7156 1765 6 ref Units used in modern Persia Iran Some related units were used in Persia ... Iran and Turkey . Volume 1 chenica 1.32 liters. References references measurement stub systems of measurement Category Obsoleteunits of measure Persian Category Human based units of measure Persian Category Systems of units Category Ancient Persia ... more details
Measurements formerly in use in Cornwall Area Cornish acre 120 statute acres or possibly 64 , 8 score lease Cornish ferling farthing a Cornish acre Cornish lease four sticks Cornish stick four yards, three yards square Cornish Knight s fee four Cornish acres Cornish rod 160 lace to a Cornish acre, 36sq. rods Cornish lace 18 ft square Cornish land rod lorgh half a lace, 9 ft Length Cornish fathom 5 ft Cornish mile 1.5 miles Capacity mass Cornish bushel 3 Winchester bushels for barley, wheat and potatoes, 18 gallons Cornish gallon 10lb Cornish apple gallon 7lb Cornish metric gallon 5kg Cornish ton mining ton 21 cwt Cornish Pound mass pound 18 ounces butter Fish Cornish warp 4 fish Cornish burn 21 fish Cornish hundred 132 fish Cornish mease 505 herring Cornish cran 800 herring Cornish long hundred 8 times 120 5 fish Cornish last 132,000 fish Cornish ounce 16th part of either a sein of fish or property Sources Thornton B. Edwards, Cornish a Dictionary of Phrases, Terms and Epithets Beginning with the word Cornish , 2005. reflist systems of measurement Category Systems of units Category Obsolete units of measure Category History of Cornwall Category Cornwall related lists ... more details
May June See also Stadia rod Systems of measurement C Obsoleteunits of measure References ...Ancient Greek units of measurement would later create the foundation of ancient Egyptian weights and measures Egyptian , and formed the basis of the later ancient Roman weights and measures Roman system . quote text Although we might suggest that the Egyptians had discovered the art of measurement, it is really only with the Greeks that the science of measurement begins to appear. The Greeks knowledge of geometry, and their early experimentation with weights and measures, soon began to place their measurement system on a more scientific basis. By comparison, Roman science, which came later, was not as advanced... cite web title Early Measurements and Standards publisher Canada Science and Technology Museum url http www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca english collection measurement2.cfm date 2009 Generally speaking, standards of measurement within the ancient Greek world varied according to location ... also reformed them en bloc . In time, some units of measurement were found to be convenient for trade within the Mediterranean region and these units became more and more common to different city ... Online Conversion of Ancient Greek Units Systems of measurement DEFAULTSORT Greek Category Obsoleteunits of measure Category Human based units of measure Category Ancient Greek society Category Systems of units Category Ancient Greek technology de Alte Ma e und Gewichte Antike hi ... against official standards. Length Greek measures of length were Anthropic units based on the relative lengths of body parts , such as the foot and finger segment. The specific values assigned to these units ... 2003 ref The relative proportions, however, were generally the same throughout the Greek world. Units ... 27 daktyloi royal cubit Larger units derived from the pous plural podes class wikitable ... Attic talent talent 60 minae Weight Weights are often associated with currency since units ... more details
Asia , and Korea . The units of the Tang Dynasty were officially adopted in Japan in 701 Citation needed date May 2008 , and the current shaku measurement has hardly altered since then. Many Taiwanese units of measurement are derived form the shakkanh system. From 1924, the shakkanh system was replaced ... from shakkanh and the metric system, other units of measurementunits are also commonly used in Japan ... of measurement Metrication Japanese clock Japanese counter word Japanese numerals Related Units of measurement Chinese unit Chinese units of measurement Taiwanese units of measurement Hong Kong units of measurement References reflist External links http dougukan.jp Japanese Carpentry Museum http ... systems of measurement Use dmy dates date November 2010 DEFAULTSORT Japanese Units Of Measurement Category Obsoleteunits of measure Category Systems of units Category Japanese vocabulary Units Category ...nihongo Shakkan h is the traditional Japan ese Systems of measurement system of measurement . The name shakkanh originates from the name of two of the Units of measurementunits , the Shaku unit shaku , a unit of length , and the kan , a mass measurement. The system is Chinese units of measurement Chinese in origin. The units originated in the Shang Dynasty in the 13th century BC, and eventually ... 796077 publisher National Diet Library accessdate 2010 07 07 ref and use of the old units for official ... use in the Edo period . In 1891 the most common units were given definitions in terms of the metric ... customary units US br fluid ounce s Imperial unit Imperial br fluid ounces style text align right ... measurements is the shaku , which originated in ancient China. The other units are all fixed fractions ... finger about 18 cm or 7 in , but its length, and hence the length of the other units, gradually ... shaku developed for various purposes. The unit of the base of all measurement, such as area is shaku ... is equal to 1.2 times the kanejaku s shaku . Shaku units are still used for construction materials ... more details
Morefootnotes date October 2009 Hong Kong units of measurement is based on the measurementunits of Chinese units of measurement Chinese of Qing Empire , Imperial units British Imperial and Metric System metric . Both British Imperial and Chinese units were used until recently. In 1976 Hong Kong started ... of Hong Kong for conversion between systems of measurement. Some Chinese units are gradually being replaced by Metric units as the sole custom and trade because of new developments in technology and Hong ... Ordinance of the Hong Kong SAR Government Systems of measurement DEFAULTSORT Hong Kong Units Of Measurement Category Customary units of measure Category Chinese units in Hong Kong Category Systems of units ... Government business and legal requirements being in metric units. Customary Chinese and Imperial units ... commonly used units are li , tseung cheung , tsek chek , tsun chun , fen fan in descending scale order. These units are now rarely used in daily life as the preferred system is the Metric ... units in both systems, it is sometimes written with a prefix of Ying for the British Imperial ... radicals radical mouth , that denote it is colloquial, for writing Imperial units. The most commonly used units are the mile , li, , yard , ma , Foot unit foot , chek, , and inch , tsun . Weight Both Chinese and Metric weight units are used in Hong Kong. The choice of system depends ... or office size is generally still given in square feet. Traditionally, the measurement of agricultural plots and fields are conducted in mau of the Chinese system. Volume In Chinese system, the measurement ... Time measurement follows the International system. The Date is written in the western way according ... is the unit used for the measurement of energy in food . Power Horsepower is still the dominant measurement for the Power physics power of Car s and air conditioner Air Conditioning Systems . The Chinese ... more details
SocialHistoryAncientIreland III XXIII 1.php http www.sizes.com units tir cumaile.htm See also Metrication in Ireland Weights and measures Systems of measurement SI References reflist systems of measurement Category Systems of units Category Science and technology in Ireland Category Obsoleteunits ... from which a cock crow or bell could be heard. Other units such as inntrit and lait appear ... wikitable colspan 6 big Table of area units big Unit Meaning Relative br value SI br value Imperial ... units big Unit Meaning Relative br value SI br value Imperial br value Notes align center align ... wikitable colspan 6 big Table of mass units big Unit Meaning Relative br value SI br value Imperial ... more details
trj hjelpetabeller.htm Scandinavian units systems of measurement Category Systems of units Category Science and technology in Finland Category Obsoleteunits of measure pl Fi skie jednostki miar fi Vanhat ...In Finland , approximate units of measure were derived from natural actions or objects such body parts, later standardised for the purpose of commerce. Some Swedish unit Swedish and, later, Obsolete Russian weights and measures Russian , units were also used. The measurements were first standardized by law in 1665 and were revised in 1735. Before this, measurements often varied between towns. The king s bailiff in the town of Porvoo , for example, used two sets of measures a big one for collecting tax in kind from the populace and a smaller set to remit the assets to the king, keeping the difference for himself. However, nowadays the proverb mitata Porvoon mitalla to measure in Porvoo units has a positive meaning of measuring in excess or generously. Certain units were standardized to the metric system in 1861, and Finland fully converted to the metric system in 1880. Length class wikitable colspan 4 big Table of length units big Unit Relative br value Metric br value Imperial br value Notes align center linja align right 1 144 align left 2.06 mm align left 0.081 in align right ... of one day s travel. Maritime units meripeninkulma &ndash 1852 m. Same as nautical mile . One ... m. 1 1000 of a nautical mile. Seldom used. solmu &ndash nautical miles per hour. Speed unit. Obsolete ... mile Area class wikitable colspan 4 big Table of area units big Unit Relative br value Metric br ... wikitable Table of volume dry units Unit Relative br value Metric br value Imperial br value Notes ... units Unit Relative br value Metric br value Imperial br value Notes align center jumpru align right ... wikitable Table of mass units Unit Relative br value Metric br value Imperial br value Notes align ... something to be very near. poronkusema &ndash approximately 7.5 km . A Lappish measurement ... more details
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. Citation needed date June 2010 Systems of measurement MTS units See also Mesures usuelles During ... countries use the International System of Units International System of Units SI . In contrast, the Furlong Firkin Fortnight system of units of measurement draws its attention by being extremely ... units of measurement Encyclopedias, Bibles, and the Library of Congress data storage capacities When ... also Conversion of units History of measurement List of humorous units of measurement Systems of measurementUnits software , a unit conversion program, which supports many uncommon units. Units of measurement ... Of Unusual Units Of Measurement Category Units of measure Category Human based units of measure Category Physics lists Unusual units of measurement Category Systems of units Unusual units of measurement Category Lists of things considered unusual Units of measurement ...For units of measure primarily used in countries where English is not the main language, see the article specific to that country, a list of which can be found in the systems of measurement article. An unusual unit of measurement is a unit of measurement that does not form part of a coherent systems of measurement system of measurement especially in that its exact quantity may not be well known or that it may be an inconvenient multiple or fraction of base units in such systems. This definition is deliberately not exact since it might seem to encompass units such as the week or the light year which ... , as demonstrated by the FFF system of units. Unusual units of measure are sometimes used by scientist ... world whose quantities in more conventional units may be awkward to use. They are also employed by journalist ... linked. briefly used a Metre tonne second system of units variant of the metric system where the base ... use the Tonne megagram Mg , to avoid confusion with long or short tons. FFF units Main FFF system ... 7th year 2000 accessdate 2006 03 10 ref SI imperial hybrids In the US, mongrel units are sometimes ... more details
Obsoleteunits of measure Maltese Category Science and technology in Malta Category Systems ...In modern usage, metric is used almost exclusively in commercial transactions. These units are mostly .... Many of these terms are directly related to Ancient Arabic weights and measures Arabic units . The Weights ... and measures. All these measures were defined as simple multiples of the Imperial units then in use in Britain. Length Length units were typically used for measuring goods and building sizes. Distances were traditionally measured in terms of travel time, which explains the lack of large scale units. class wikitable Table of length units Unit Plural Relative br value Metric br value Imperial br value ... In 1921, these units were redefined with respect to the British Imperial standard. These values reflect this change. class wikitable Table of area land units Unit Plural Relative br value Metric br ... wikitable Table of area square units Unit Plural Relative br value Metric br value Imperial br value ... sq yd align right an area 1 qasba by 1 qasba Volume These units were all except for the cubic units ... None of the units from this group are mentioned in TY Maltese. class wikitable Table of volume beer, wine, & spirits units Unit Plural Relative br value Metric br value Imperial br value Notes align ... milk & oil units Unit Plural Relative br value Metric br value Imperial br value Notes align center ... None of these units are mentioned in TY Maltese. Note that there are two conflicting values for the sieg 1 10 and 1 6 tomna , respectively . class wikitable Table of volume dry units Unit Plural Relative ... 64 imperial gallons. Cubic class wikitable Table of volume cubic units Unit Plural Relative br value ... 1 qasba by 1 qasba by 1 qasba Mass All the Maltese mass units were redefined relative to the British Imperial ton in 1921. Before this, the units were presumably based on an Arabic standard. All equivalent measures listed in pounds below are exact values. nb. There are two distinct units which ... more details
File Sumerian Calendar ISO B0.svg thumb right 300px Sumerian Metrology Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement originated in the loosely organized city states of Early Dynastic Sumer . The units themselves grew out of the tradition of History of writing counting tokens used by the PPNB Neolithic c 6000 BCE cultural complex of the Near East . ref Stecchini 1971, section 1.1 ref The counting tokens were used to keep accounts of personal wealth and had both metrological and mathematical functions. Each city , Monarchy kingdom and trade guild had its own standards until the Formation of the Akkadian Empire when Sargon the Great issued a common standard. This standard was improved by Naram Sin, but fell into disuse after the Akkadian Empire dissolved. The standard of Naram Sin was readopted in the Neo Sumerian Period by the Nanse Hymn which reduced a plethora of multiple standards to a few agreed ... title Measurement of time and types of calendars Standard units and cycles work publisher Encyclop dia ... of measurement DEFAULTSORT Ancient Mesopotamian Units Of Measurement Category Sumerian art and architecture ... System B sup sup used to count rations GAN sub 2 sub System G used to count field measurement E system ... system Diesis math 15 16 math Euboic math 5 6 math One official government standard of measurement ... of water approximately 6 m 6 m 0.5 m from which all other units could be derived. The Third Dynasty ... , and Persian Empire s. ref name Melville 2006 Length Units of Length are prefixed by the logogram ... 60.000 m e e sub 2 sub aslu cuneiform & x120A0 Distance units were geodectic as distinguished from non geodectic basic length units. Sumerian geodesy divided latitude into seven zones between equator ... Babylonian mathematics Measurement Category Science and technology in Iraq Mesopotamian Category Obsoleteunits of measure Mesopotamian Category Human based units of measure Mesopotamian Category Systems of units Mesopotamian hi la Mensura Mesopotamena ... more details
had issued two Unit of measurementunits of measurement Directive European Union directives In 1971 ... October 1971 on the approximation of laws of the member states relating to units of measurement, 71 ... of Ireland based on the former directive. Directive 71 354 EEC When the first units of measurement ... , measurement s and indications of quantity expressed in units for economic, public health, public ... of the laws of the Member States relating to units of measurement accessdate 2009 02 07 ref ... of the Member States relating to units of measurement accessdate 2009 02 07 ref changed the cutoff ... of the Member States relating to units of measurement accessdate 2009 02 07 ref included ... on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to units of measurement accessdate 2009 ... WORKING DOCUMENT on units of measurement Directive 80 181 EEC date 2006 12 22 accessdate 2009 02 ... of the Member States relating to units of measurement date 2008 11 19 accessdate 2009 02 08 ... Some were convicted of offences under Units of measurement weights and measures legislation and became ... of the Member States Relating to the Units of Measurement accessdate 2007 08 26 author NIST authorlink ... on the Commission Staff Working Document on units of measurement Directive 80 181 EEC accessdate ... EN PDF Consolidated version of the directive, as amended 2009 DEFAULTSORT European Units Of Measurement ...Infobox EU legislation type Directive title Units of Measure Directive number 71 354 EEC madeby European ... 80 181 EEC status repealed Infobox EU legislation type Directive title Units of Measure Directive ... System of Units SI rather than use a variety of Centimetre gram second system of units CGS and Mks system of units MKS units then in use. The second, which replaced the first, was Directive 80 181 ... of 20 December 1979 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to Unit of measurement ... December 1979 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to Unit of measurement ... more details
File Classicchineseinstrumentscale.jpg thumb right 300px A Traditional Chinese scale Chinese units of measurement zh c p Sh zh l market system are the customary and traditional Units of measurement unit s of measure used in China . In the People s Republic of China , the units were re standardised during the late 20th century to make them approximate SI metric units. Many of the units were formerly ... system was used together with Hong Kong units of measurement , which were traditional Chinese weights and measures, and now traditional Chinese units and Imperial units are used alongside the metric system .... Taiwanese units of measurement , which appeared under the colonial influences of the Dutch and the Japanese, for the most part may have similar names but are different from the Chinese units of measurement. Taiwan is now fully metricated. The Chinese name for most SI units is based on that of the closest ... Emperor created the first measurementunits. The Xiao Erya and Kongzi jiayu state that length units were derived from the human body. According to the Records of the Grand Historian , these human body units caused inconsistency, and Yu the Great , another legendary figure, unified the length measurements ... , the king conferred nobles with powers of the state and the measurementunits began to be inconsistent ... standardized measurementunits. In the Han Dynasty , these measurements were still being used, and were ... of measurementUnits of measure Chinese numbers Chinese classifier Chemical elements in East ... units http www.mandarintools.com measures.html Chinese Metric Imperial Measurement Converter cite book ... Units Of Measurement Category Systems of units Category Science and technology in China de Alte ... sh for traditional units or common standard g ng for SI units may be added in front of the name. SI is the official system of units, but traditional units are still ubiquitously used in everyday life. Note The names l and f n for small units are the same for length, area, and mass however ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Wikify date April 2010 Mass In measuring amount by mass, the common unit is Catty kati , which is about 1 1 3 lb. A higher unit is Picul pikul , which is 100 kati or 133 1 3 lb.. Volume In measuring amount by volume, the common unit is gantang , which is equivalent to an Imperial gallon. A gantang can be divided into four chupak . Chupak can be further divided into four chentong , and two chentong makes up a leng . Chentong is also normally used only in certain areas, and so eight leng makes up a chupak . When used to measure unhusked rice, a gantang weights about 4 to 5 lb. References cite book last Firth first Raymond authorlink coauthors title Malay Fishermen Their Peasant Economy publisher Lewis Reprints Limited year 1966 location Great Britain url doi id page 391 See also Category Units of volume Category Units of mass Category Systems of units Category Malay culture Category Science and technology in Malaysia measurement stub ms Ukuran unit Melayu ... more details
The units of transportation measurement describes the unit of measurementunits of measure to measure the quantity and traffic of transportation used in transportation statistics, planning, and their related fields. Units of Transportation Quantity The currently popular units are Length of Journey kilometre km or kilometer is a Metric unit used to measure the length of a journey outside the USA the international statute mile mi is used in the USA 1 mi 1.609344 km nautical mile is rarely used to derive units of transportation quantity. Traffic flow vehicle kilometer as a measure of traffic flow ref cite web url http glossary.eea.europa.eu terminology concept html?term vehicle km title vehicle km accessdate 2008 10 06 work Environmental Terminology Discovery Service publisher European Environment Agency ref . vehicle mile Passenger Payload Quantity passenger or person p Passenger distance Passenger distance is the distance km or miles traveled by passengers on transit vehicle s determined ... kilometer. Payload Quantity kilogram kg , the standard International System of Units SI unit of mass. tonne t , a non International System of Units SI but an accepted Metric unit, defined as 1,000 kilogram ... abkuerzung kmt.php ref Usage Outside the USA and internationally the Metric system Metric units pkm and tkm are used. In aviation where United States customary units are still widely used, the International Air Transport Association IATA releases its statistics in the Metric units. In the USA, sometimes United States customary units are used. Please comment on the usage in the United Kingdom. Derivation The Dimension Units dimension of the measure is the product of the quantity of payload mass ... 28,210 ton miles of freight equal to about 41,186 tkm . Units of Transportation Traffic The transportation .... Units of Transportation Density The transportation density can be defined as the payload per period ..., IATA DEFAULTSORT Transportation measurement Category Economic data Category Business economics ... more details
to 1795 main French units of measurement to 1795 image Pernes Mesures anciennes.JPG 200px thumb right Table of the measuring units used in the 17th century at Pernes les Fontaines in the covered market ... Imperial System of units, but there was no unified system of measurement. Charlemagne and successive kings had tried but failed to impose a unified system of measurement in France. ref name histmet ... conference to discuss international cooperation in the sphere of units of measurement, Franco Prussian ... were proscribed by European units of measurement directives EEC Directive 71 354 EEC ref cite web ... states relating to units of measurement, 71 354 EEC accessdate 2009 02 07 ref which required EU member states to standardise on the International System of Units SI . See also Units of measurement Systems of measurement Mesures usuelles International System of Units Jean Antoine Chaptal R aumur scale References refs colwidth 30em systems of measurement Category Systems of units Category ...file Usage des Nouvelles Mesures 1800.jpg thumb Woodcut dated 1800 illustrating the new decimal units which became the legal norm across all France on 4 November 1800 France has a unique history of units of measurement due to radical attempts to adopt a metric system following the French Revolution . In the Ancien ... of the modern Imperial System of units. There was widespread abuse of the king s standards to the extent ... restored, but were based on metric units for example, the livre became 500 g. After 1837 the metric ... the realm. The names and relationships of many units of measure were adopted from Roman units ... names for the various units of measure. In addition the quantity associated with each unit of measure ... of the Revolution a quarter of a million different units of measure were in use in France ... units of measure should be defined. The savants of the day favoured the use of a system of units that were inter related and which used a decimal basis. There was also a wish that the units of measure ... more details
concepts Category Human based units of measure Vedic Category Obsoleteunits of measure Vedic Category ...Cleanup rewrite date May 2009 Vedic and Puranic units of time span from the truti microsecond to the mahamanvantara 311.04 trillion years . Hindu theology considers the creation and destruction of the universe a cyclic process. Introduction Old Indian ancient weights and measures measures are presently used primarily for religious purposes in Hinduism and Jainism . They also are employed in the teachings of Surat Shabda Yoga . The Hindu cosmological time cycles are described in verses 11 23 of Chapter 1, Surya Siddhanta ref cf. Burgess. ref Verse 11 . That which begins with respiration s pr na is called real that which begins with atom s truti is unreal. Six respirations make a vin di, sixty of these a n di . 12 . And sixty n dis make a sidereal day and night. Of thirty of these sidereal days is composed a month a civil month s vana consists of as many sunrises. 13 . A lunar month, of as many lunar days tithi a solar s ura month is determined by the entrance of the Sun into a sign of the zodiac twelve months make a year. This is called a day of the devas or demi gods. 14 . The day and night of the devas and of the asuras are mutually opposed to one another. Six times sixty of them are a year of the devas, and likewise of the asuras. 15 . Twelve thousand of these divine years are denominated a chaturyuga chatur Four yuga Ages of ten thousand times four hundred and thirty two solar years. 16 The difference of the krtayuga and the other yugas , as measured by the difference in the number ... time K lm Vyavahara can be summarized as below. Image HinduMeasurements.svg thumb right Hindu units ... measurement section of the Vishnu Purana Book I Chapter III is as follows 10 blinks of the eye 1 K sht ... Ayana 2 Ayanas 1 year or one day day night of the gods Small units of time used in the Vedas a trasarenu ... years The Vishnu Purana http www.sacred texts.com hin vp vp037.htm Time measurement section of the Vishnu ... more details
cleanup date February 2011 Biblical and Talmudic Systems of measurementunits of measurement , used primarily ... Judaic scripture, such as the Mishnah and Talmud . These units of measurement are still an important ... useless. Nevertheless, the entire system of measurement corresponds almost exactly with Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement the Babylonian system , and in all probability the Israelite measurement system was derived from the Babylonian, with some lesser level of influence from Ancient Egyptian units of measurement the Egyptian system . ref name Jewish Encyclopedia Jewish Encyclopedia ... DEFAULTSORT Biblical And Talmudic Units Of Measurement Category Human based units of measure Hebrew ... the exact relationship between measurements in the system and those in other measurement systems, such as the SI Units International Standard Units system used in many parts of the modern world ... units is the same as the relationship between the Babylonian system and SI Units. ref name Jewish ... Halakha halachic value , in terms of conversion to either metric or Imperial units. Length and distance ... standard for general use. The Israelite system thus used divisions of the Finger measurement fingerbreadth Hebrew , Etzba plural etzba ot , Palm measurement palm Hebrew , Tefah Tefach plural Tefahim Tefachim , span measurement span Hebrew , Zeret , ell Hebrew , Amah , plural Amot ... ell was a sixth larger than the common ell ref name Jewish Encyclopedia this royal measurement was the earlier ... value is Chazon Ish s. Since all other units are multiples of the etzba , they vary accordingly ... of distance, the Talmud adds a few more units, namely the double palm Hebrew , hasit , the pace ... the Greek dichas . ref name Jewish Encyclopedia The relationship between four of these additional units ... additional units are more ambiguous. The garmida is mentioned repeatedly but without its size being ... corresponds exactly with the Babylonian system. Unlike the Egyptian system, which has units for multiples ... more details
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