variety of units of measurement were used in the various independent Italian states and Italian dependencies of foreign empires up to the unification of Italy...
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of Units (SI). Metrology is the science of developing nationally and internationally accepted units of measurement. In physics and metrology, units are...
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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...
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France has a unique history of units of measurement due to its radical decision to invent and adopt the metric system after the French Revolution. In...
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Byzantine units of measurement were a combination and modification of the ancient Greek and Roman units of measurement used in the Byzantine Empire. Until...
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The units of measurement of ancient Rome were generally consistent and well documented. The basic unit of Roman linear measurement was the pes (plural:...
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Alcohol measurements are units of measurement for determining amounts of beverage alcohol. The following table lists common sizes for liquors and spirits...
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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...
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Anthropic units History of measurement International System of Units Korean units of measurement Mermin's foot Pous Systems of measurement The original...
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for various definitions of the league. List of obsolete units of measurement Portuguese customary units Spanish customary units Seven-league boots Walking...
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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)...
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handsbreadth. The length of the hand—originally the Roman "greater palm"—formed the palm of medieval Italy and France. In Spanish customary units palmo menor or...
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Femtometre (redirect from Fermi (measurement))
lit. 'unit of measurement') is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI) equal to 10−15 metres, which means a quadrillionth of one metre...
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Giovanni Giorgi (redirect from MKSΩ system of units)
was an Italian physicist and electrical engineer who proposed the Giorgi system of measurement, the precursor to the International System of Units (SI)...
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Barrel Barrel of oil equivalent English brewery cask units English wine cask units Imperial units List of unusual units of measurement Petroleum Petroleum...
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Metrication (redirect from Adoption of the metric system)
process of converting to the metric system of measurement. All over the world, countries have transitioned from local and traditional units of measurement to...
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wine cask units Barrel Barrel (unit) Cubic ton English brewery cask units List of unusual units of measurement Tonnage Units of measurement 256=28 252...
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Quintal (redirect from Quintal (unit of mass))
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...
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{ΔT}K). Outline of metrology and measurement Degree of frost Conversion of units Gas mark The Coldest Inhabited Places on Earth; researchers of the Vostok...
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tool, a rod of the corresponding length with subdivision into smaller units, similar to the Ancient Greek kalamos. The linear unit in Italy was about 3...
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Mile (redirect from Italian mile)
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...
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Pound (mass) (redirect from Pound (unit of weight))
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...
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Earth's circumference (redirect from Measurement of Earth's circumference)
times, Earth's circumference has been used to define fundamental units of measurement of length: the nautical mile in the seventeenth century and the metre...
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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...
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Standard drink (redirect from Units of alcohol)
definition on mass of alcohol (in grams) while others base the unit on the volume (in ml or other volume units). For comparison, both measurements are shown here...
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Metre (redirect from Measurement System in Meters)
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...
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Horsepower (redirect from Power of Horses)
Horsepower (hp) is a unit of measurement of power, or the rate at which work is done, usually in reference to the output of engines or motors. There are...
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Carat (mass) (redirect from Carat (measurement))
into four diamond grains, but measurements were typically made in multiples of +1⁄64 carat. There were also two varieties of refiners' carats once used in...
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