Weights and Measures: An Informal GuideFor the layman and student. |
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acre ampere ancient unit apothecaries atomic weight avoirdupois pound barleycorns barrel Biblical Weights Britain Bureau of Standards bushel candela carat chain common countries cubic feet cubic inches cubit decibels decimal defined degree derived digits distance dry measure dry quarts Electrical and Photometric electron energy English ephah equal equivalent fluid dram fluid ounce foot frequencies Geodetic Survey gill grains gram Gunter's chain hundredweight Imperial gallons Kelvin kilogram Latin liquid measure liquid pint liquid quart liter long ton mass meters exactly metric system middle finger millionth miner's inch named National Bureau nautical mile Old French originally Photometric Units physicist physics prefix meaning quantity radiation radio roentgen scale shekels speed square centimeter temperature thumb toise tonnage troy pound U. S. gallons unit of capacity unit of dry unit of electrical unit of length unit of weight usually varies wavelength weights and measures width yard