Traditional Swedish units of measurement were standardized by law in 1665, prior to which they only existed as a number of related but differing local...

A system of units of measurement, also known as a system of units or system of measurement, is a collection of units of measurement and rules relating...

fraction of a base unit. Many of the unusual units of measurements listed here are colloquial measurements, units devised to compare a measurement to common...

larger amounts of firewood. Most Finnish obsolete units of measurement were identical to Swedish units of measurement, including units of length being based...

imperial system of units, imperial system or imperial units (also known as British Imperial or Exchequer Standards of 1826) is the system of units first defined...

of units of measurement based on human body parts or the attributes and abilities of humans (anthropometric units). It does not include derived units...

Danish units of measurement snl.no Old Swedish Units of Measurement - Linear Measure Suureet ja yksiköt. SI-mittayksikköjärjestelmäQuantities and units. The...

comprises a coherent system of units of measurement starting with seven base units, which are the second (symbol s, the unit of time), metre (m, length)...

Norwegian units of measurement Danish units of measurement Swedish units of measurement Finnish units of measurement "tønde". Gyldendal - Den Store Danske...

unit of length of various historical definitions. In British imperial and US customary units, it is defined as 16+1⁄2 feet, equal to exactly 1⁄320 of...

Anthropic units History of measurement International System of Units Korean units of measurement Mermin's foot Pous Systems of measurement The original...

″) is a unit of length in the British Imperial and the United States customary systems of measurement. It is equal to ⁠1/36⁠ yard or ⁠1/12⁠ of a foot....

Latin ulna) is a northwestern European unit of measurement, originally understood as a cubit (the combined length of the forearm and extended hand). The...

A unit of length refers to any arbitrarily chosen and accepted reference standard for measurement of length. The most common units in modern use are the...

for various definitions of the league. List of obsolete units of measurement Portuguese customary units Spanish customary units Seven-league boots Walking...

Finland since the early 17th century (see Obsolete Finnish units of measurement), or 600 syli (Swedish fathoms, 1.781 m). Metrication replaced virsta with the...

cheapest of hot baths here at the principal house I ever had in my life: one franc." In 1820, Luxembourg made use of the metric system of measurement compulsory...

historical unit of mass in many countries which is usually defined as 100 base units, such as pounds or kilograms. It is a traditional unit of weight in...

countries, aviation (altitude and flight level) is measured in feet. Swedish units of measurement "Riksdagen. Riksdagens antagande af det metriska systemet, no67"...

symbol: m) is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). Since 2019, the metre has been defined as the length of the path travelled...

pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in both the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement. Various definitions have...

legal unit of measurement in the European Union: 9  and in Switzerland. However, the gradian is not part of the International System of Units (SI).: 9–10 ...

A grain is a unit of measurement of mass, and in the troy weight, avoirdupois, and apothecaries' systems, equal to exactly 64.79891 milligrams. It is nominally...

designation of base units is retained but is no longer essential to define the SI units. The metric system was originally conceived as a system of measurement that...

degree (in full, a degree of arc, arc degree, or arcdegree), usually denoted by ° (the degree symbol), is a measurement of a plane angle in which one...

process of converting to the metric system of measurement. All over the world, countries have transitioned from local and traditional units of measurement to...

that a standard barrel of 36 imperial gallons of the wort weighed 26 pounds more than a barrel of pure water. The actual measurement was by saccharometer...

used for the measurement of herring fished for sardines in Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick and Cornwall.[full citation needed] English units of wine casks...

March 2023. Act current to 18 January 2012. Canadian units (5) The Canadian units of measurement are as set out and defined in Schedule II, and the symbols...

It is named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who proposed the first version of it in 1742. The unit was called centigrade in...