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Today all official measurements are made in the metric system. In common usage some older Indians may still refer to imperial units. Some measurements, such as the heights of mountains, are still recorded in feet. Tyre rim diameters are still measured in inches, as used worldwide. Industries like the
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The United Kingdom completed its official partial transition to the metric system in 1995, with imperial units still legally mandated for certain applications such as draught beer and cider, and road-signs. Therefore, the speedometers on vehicles sold in the UK must be capable of displaying miles per
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Cabinet in 2009 issued the Decree No. (270 / 3) specifying that, from 1 January 2010, the new unit sale price for petrol will be the litre and not the gallon, which was in line with the UAE Cabinet Decision No. 31 of 2006 on the national system of measurement, which mandates the use of International
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in licensed premises, beer and cider must be sold in pints, half-pints or third-pints. Cow's milk is available in both litre- and pint-based containers in supermarkets and shops. Areas of land associated with farming, forestry and real estate are commonly advertised in acres and square feet but, for
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Traders in the UK may accept requests from customers specified in imperial units, and scales which display in both unit systems are commonplace in the retail trade. Metric price signs may be accompanied by imperial price signs provided that the imperial signs are no larger and no more prominent than
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In October 2011, the Antigua and Barbuda government announced the re-launch of the Metrication Programme in accordance with the Metrology Act 2007, which established the International System of Units as the legal system of units. The Antigua and Barbuda government has committed to a full conversion
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Prior to metrication, it was a common practice in Malaysia for people to refer to unnamed locations and small settlements along major roads by referring to how many miles the said locations were from the nearest major town. In some cases, these eventually became the official names of the locations;
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has implemented metrication more fully. Newborns are measured in SI at hospitals, but the birth weight and length is also announced to family and friends in imperial units. Drivers' licences use SI units, though many English-speaking Canadians give their height and weight in imperial. In livestock
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In English-speaking Canada commercial and residential spaces are mostly (but not exclusively) constructed using square feet, while in French-speaking Quebec commercial and residential spaces are constructed in metres and advertised using both square metres and square feet as equivalents. Carpet or
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Office space and industrial units are usually advertised in square feet. Steel pipe sizes are sold in increments of inches, while copper pipe is sold in increments of millimetres. Road bicycles have their frames measured in centimetres, while off-road bicycles have their frames measured in inches.
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During the 1970s, the metric system and SI units were introduced in Canada to replace the imperial system. Within the government, efforts to implement the metric system were extensive; almost any agency, institution, or function provided by the government uses SI units exclusively. Imperial units
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Imperial units are still used in ordinary conversation. Today, Canadians typically use a mix of metric and imperial measurements in their daily lives. The use of the metric and imperial systems varies by age. The older generation mostly uses the imperial system, while the younger generation more
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and statute miles per imperial gallon, leading to the erroneous impression that Canadian vehicles are 20% more fuel-efficient than their apparently identical American counterparts for which fuel economy is reported in statute miles per US gallon (neither country specifies which gallon is used).
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measured in inches. Food sold by length or width, e.g. pizzas or sandwiches, is generally sold in inches. Clothing is usually sized in inches, with the metric equivalent often shown as a small supplementary indicator. Gas is usually measured by the cubic foot or cubic metre, but is billed like
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Screen sizes for devices such as televisions, monitors and phones, and wheel rim sizes for vehicles, are stated in inches, as is the convention in the rest of the world - and a 1992 study found a continued use of imperial units for birth weight and human height alongside metric units.
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is often used when providing a weight (e.g. "this sack weighs 8 stone"). A person's weight is usually quoted in stone and pounds in English-speaking countries that use the avoirdupois system, with the exception of the United States and Canada, where it is usually quoted in pounds.
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A supplement to the Pharmacopœia and treatise on pharmacology in general: including not only the drugs and preparations used by practitioners of medicine, but also most of those employed in the chemical arts : together with a collection of the most useful medical formulæ
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started the conversion to the metric system, and as of 2012 measurements for government purposes, such as road signs, are almost always in metric units. All three systems are officially permitted for trade, and in the wider society a mixture of all three systems prevails.
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New road signs showing height and width restrictions will use both metric and imperial measurements from March 2015....Road signs for bridges, tunnels and narrow roads can currently show measurements in just feet and inches or only metres. Some already display
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The law requires that measured products (such as fuel and meat) be priced in metric units and an imperial price can be shown if a metric price is present. There tends to be leniency in regards to fruits and vegetables being priced in imperial units only.
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These measurements were in use from 1826, when the new imperial gallon was defined. For pharmaceutical purposes, they were replaced by the metric system in the United Kingdom on 1 January 1971. In the US, though no longer recommended, the
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Some British people still use one or more imperial units in everyday life for distance (miles, yards, feet, and inches) and some types of volume measurement (especially milk and beer in pints; rarely for canned or bottled soft drinks, or
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may still be used for the weights of precious stones and metals. The original railways (many built in the Victorian era) are a big user of imperial units, with distances officially measured in miles and yards or miles and
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is also used in retail contexts, where it refers to four ounces, i.e. a quarter of a pound. (The 1824 act defined a quarter as a unit of volume, as above: thus a 'quarter of wheat', 64 gallons, would weigh about 494 lb.).
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Pre-packaged products can show both metric and imperial measures, and it is also common to see imperial pack sizes with metric only labels, e.g. a 1 lb (454 g) tin of Lyle's Golden Syrup is always labelled
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still offers an imperial unit option beside metric units, even though weather is typically measured and reported in metric units in the Canadian media. Some radio stations near the United States border (such as
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Jerrard and McNeill, Dictionary of Scientific Units, second edition, Chapman and Hall; cites first appearance in print in Journal of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (G.B.) vol. 1, page 246 (1872).
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Imperial units also retain common use in firearms and ammunition. Imperial measures are still used in the description of cartridge types, even when the cartridge is of relatively recent invention (e.g.,
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was elected. There was heavy opposition to metrication and as a compromise the government maintains legal definitions for and allows use of imperial units as long as metric units are shown as well.
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pushed back the date to 1 January 1826. The 1824 act allowed the continued use of pre-imperial units provided that they were customary, widely known, and clearly marked with imperial equivalents.
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The illicit drug trade in Australia still often uses imperial measurements, particularly when dealing with smaller amounts closer to end user levels e.g. "8-ball" an 8th of an ounce or
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was in use in practice. The commonly accepted definition of a fathom was always 6 feet. The conflict was inconsequential, as Admiralty nautical charts designated depths shallower than
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The Statutes at Large, Passed in the Parliaments Held in Ireland: From the twenty-third year of George the Second, A.D. 1749, to the first year of George the Third, A.D. 1761 inclusive
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New Zealand introduced the metric system on 15 December 1976. Aviation was exempt, with altitude and airport elevation continuing to be measured in feet whilst navigation is done in
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construction and the real estate industry still use both the metric and the imperial system though it is more common for sizes of homes to be given in square feet and land in acres.
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as their main system of measurement, but imperial units are still used alongside metric units in the United Kingdom and in some other parts of the former empire, notably Canada.
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were eliminated from all public road signs and both systems of measurement will still be found on privately owned signs, such as the height warnings at the entrance of a
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While metrication in Australia has largely ended the official use of imperial units, for particular measurements, international use of imperial units is still followed.
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This article is about the post-1824 measures used in the British Empire and countries in the British sphere of influence. For the units used in England before 1824, see
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Two such Gallons shall be a Peck, and Eight such Gallons shall be a Bushel, and Eight such Bushels a Quarter of Corn or other dry Goods, not measured by Heaped Measure.
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Twenty hundredweight equals a ton (as in the US and Canadian systems). The imperial hundredweight is 12% greater than the US and Canadian one. The imperial ton (or
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Metric equivalents in this article usually assume the latest official definition. Before this date, the most precise measurement of the imperial Standard Yard was
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was not readily expressible in terms of any of the intermediate units, because it was derived from the circumference of the Earth (like the original metre).
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in feet on older imperial charts. Today, all charts worldwide are metric, except for USA Hydrographic Office charts, which use feet for all depth ranges.
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flooring tile is purchased by the square foot, but less frequently also in square metres. Motor-vehicle fuel consumption is reported in both litres per
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is not always clearly drawn. Strictly a pound is a unit of mass, but it is commonly referred to as a weight. When a distinction is necessary, the term
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began converting to the metric system from the imperial system between 1955 and 1962. The metric system in weights and measures was adopted by the
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Newborns are measured in metric at hospitals, but the birth weight and length is sometimes also announced to family and friends in imperial units.
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Imperial and metric measurements on Canadian canned goods labels. The imperial measurements often take precedence over the metric ones on labels.
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in other cases, such names have been largely or completely superseded by new names. An example of the former is Batu 32 (literally "Mile 32" in
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even today some 18-24-year-olds still do not know how much they weigh in kilograms (60%) or how tall they are in metres and centimetres (54%).
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System of units as a basis for the legal units of measurement in the country. Sierra Leone switched to selling fuel by the litre in May 2011.
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The influence of British and American culture in Australia has been noted to be a cause for residual use of imperial units of measure.
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Firearm barrel length are almost always referred by in inches, ammunition is also still measured in grains and ounces as well as grams.
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are not mentioned in the acts of 1824 and 1825. At the time, apothecaries' weights and measures were regulated "in England, Wales, and
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Canadian railways maintain exclusive use of imperial measurements to describe train length (feet), train height (feet), capacity (
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The slug, a unit associated with imperial and US customary systems, is a mass that accelerates by 1 ft/s when a force of one
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A Practical Treatise on the Standard Weights and Measures in Use in the British Empire with some account of the metric system
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A collection of statutes connected with the general administration of the law: arranged according to the order of subjects
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Imperial apothecaries' measures, based on the imperial pint of 20 fluid ounces, were introduced by the publication of the
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A collection of public general statutes passed in the 18th and 19th years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria
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National Institute of Standards and Technology (October 2011). Butcher, Tina; Cook, Steve; Crown, Linda et al. eds.
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units, e.g., the nautical mile, which is neither imperial nor metric, and altitude is measured in imperial feet.
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Historical writing and presentations may include pre-metric units to reflect the context of the era represented.
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to the left of the original Chinese character, for writing imperial units. The most commonly used units are the
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A one US gallon gas can purchased near the US-Canada border showing equivalences in imperial gallons and litres
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invalidated the various different gallons in use in the British Empire, declaring them to be replaced by the
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The millilitre equivalences are exact, but cubic-inch and US measures are correct to 5 significant figures.
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column – fluid ounce, pint and gallon, all other values calculated using value for fluid ounce and the
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made the avoirdupois pound the primary unit of mass. In all the systems, the fundamental unit is the
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Still used in some English-speaking (i.e. US and Commonwealth) nations to measure heights of horses.
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the right to publish the official pharmacopoeia and to regulate apothecaries' weights and measures.
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Legally, both the imperial and metric systems are recognised by the Weights and Measures Act 2006.
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Horse racing in Ireland still continues to use stones, pounds, miles and furlongs as measurements.
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Navigation is done in nautical miles, and water-based speed limits are in nautical miles per hour.
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One quarter (literally a quarter of a hundredweight) is equal to two stone or 28 pounds. The term
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highway). The area is so named because it is 32 miles west of Sandakan, the nearest major town.
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According to the CIA, in June 2009, Myanmar was one of three countries that had not adopted the
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A baby bottle that measures in three measurement systems—metric, imperial (UK), and US customary
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Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices
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For the measurement of volume, Hong Kong officially uses the metric system, though the gallon (
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The 1824 Act removed the distinction between liquid and dry measure, specifying instead that
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and continued to be developed through a series of Weights and Measures Acts and amendments.
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with no imperial indicator. Similarly most jars of jam and packs of sausages are labelled
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Used for measuring distances at sea (and also in aviation) and approximately equal to one
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as their official system of weights and measures. Metrication efforts began in 2011. The
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In the 19th and 20th centuries, the UK used three different systems for mass and weight.
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Screen sizes, are frequently advertised in inches instead of or as well as centimetres.
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the dry quantities shall be unheaped. The metric equivalences shown are approximate.
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all measures determined by reference to the statute gallon of 277.274 cubic inches.
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refined this definition to be the volume of 10 pounds of distilled water of density
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gallon (which became known as the imperial gallon), a unit close in volume to the
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and its use was abolished in the UK on 1 January 1879, with only the troy ounce (
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Property size is frequently advertised in acres, but is mostly as square metres.
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The modern UK legislation defining the imperial system of units is given in the
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The price of gasoline at the pumps was fixed at EC$ 7.50 per imperial gallon...
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Printed by G. W. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen. p. 306.
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Canada, Government of Canada, Transportation Safety Board of (9 April 1999).
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Ireland has officially changed over to the metric system since entering the
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In licensed venues, draught beer and cider is sold in glasses and jugs with
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was passed which permitted the recreation of the prototypes from recognized
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The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1807-1865)
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based on the imperial fluid ounce, though rounded to the nearest 5 mL.
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Math for Nurses: A Pocket Guide to Dosage Calculation and Drug Preparation
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The 1824 Act of Parliament defined the yard and pound by reference to the
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The density of wheat is 0.770, and 291*0.770=224 kilograms (494 lb).
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The Pharmacopœia of the King and Queen's College of Physicians in Ireland
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set a goal to metricate by 2019, which was not met, with the help of the
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inches. For the pound, the mass of a cubic inch of distilled water at an
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was defined as 252.458 grains, with there being 7,000 grains per pound.
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In keeping with the international standard, air navigation is based on
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Henke's Med-Math: Dosage Calculation, Preparation and Administration
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Ireland; Butler, James Goddard; Ball, William (barrister.) (1765).
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The Pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
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for screens on television sets and computer monitors are always
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One imperial hundredweight is equal to eight stone. This is the
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By the late 20th century, most nations of the former empire had
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Comparison of the imperial and US customary measurement systems
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may refer to a unit of force rather than mass. The troy pound (
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10 pounds = 4535.9237 grams. @ 0.998859 g/mL => 4546.092 mL
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in 1970, the British nautical (Admiralty) mile was defined as
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The Chinese system's most commonly used units for length are
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was initially scheduled to go into effect on 1 May 1825. The
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Following the destruction of the original prototypes in the
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Unit measures defined by the Weights and Measures Act 1824,
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purposes, the units are always hectares and square metres.
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Imperial volume units, illustrated as jugs of various sizes
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The traditional measure of flat area is the square foot (
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Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman. p. 
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from the imperial system by the first quarter of 2015.
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pounds), compared to the 10.7% smaller North American
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is still used occasionally in medicine, especially in
6386: 5387:"Weights and Measures Act: Canadian units of measure" 4457:"Appendix C – General Tables of Units of Measurement" 4297:"Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Math – Apothecary System" 4126:"Appendix C: General Tables of Units of Measurements" 2770:
standards, and it also defined the values of certain
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34.76 cu in (569.6 mL; 0.5696 L)
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Some imperial measurements remain in limited use in
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utilise the traditional spellings brought over from
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Archived from 3327:auction markets, cattle are sold in dollars per 6154:"Address by Agriculture Minister Gregory Bowen" 5449:. Justice Canada, Legislative Services Branch. 4903:"Wolfram-Alpha: Computational Knowledge Engine" 3767:The Britannica Guide to Numbers and Measurement 3577:Petrol is still sold by the imperial gallon in 6402:How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement 6397:General table of units of measure – NIST – pdf 6313:"Minister Lovell Addresses Metric Conversions" 4766: 4764: 4527:How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement 4516: 4514: 2919:, the height of horses is usually measured in 1902:17,745.536 cu in (290.79723 L) 7029: 6437: 4849:"Bulk densities of some common food products" 3253: 3240: 3230: 3217: 3203: 3189: 3175: 3161: 3151: 3141: 3131: 3119: 3107: 3097: 3087: 3021:, metric units such as the litre, metre, and 33:Imperial and US customary measurement systems 8: 6289:Embassy in the United States. Archived from 6193:. Belize Ministry of Finance. Archived from 5829:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 5788:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 5733:"Système métrique: à quand le virage final?" 4348: 4346: 4290: 4288: 1936:Table of British apothecaries' volume units 1889:2,218.192 cu in (36.34965 L) 1876:1,109.096 cu in (18.17483 L) 854:Gunter's survey units (17th century onwards) 5348:History of Decimalisation Movement in India 4933:"Will British people ever think in metric?" 4877: 4875: 4789:"The Units of Measurement Regulations 1994" 4531:University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 3861: 3859: 3857: 3770:. The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 241. 3722:Table of British apothecaries' volume units 2229:) was made the primary unit of mass by the 1377:(102 kPa) at a temperature of 62  601:of a furlong. The distance between the two 87:The imperial system developed from earlier 7258: 7189: 7055: 7036: 7022: 7014: 6614: 6444: 6430: 6422: 6392:Canada Weights and Measures Act 1970-71-72 6245:Metschies, Gerhard P. (6 September 2005). 4424:. Dublin: Hodges and Smith. p. xlvi. 4157: 4155: 4153: 3764:Britannica Educational Publishing (2010). 2666:= 1 slug × 1 ft/s (as defined above) 712:No longer an official unit in any nation. 48:The former Weights and Measures office in 31:. For an overview of UK and US units, see 6220:"The High Commission Antigua and Barbuda" 5350:, Auto-Print & Publicity House, 1958. 5270:"Gas meter readings and bill calculation" 4825:. Oxford University Press. Archived from 4676:The Units of Measurement Regulations 1995 3368:for both metric and imperial cartridges. 2201:weight, used for most other purposes; and 1846:554.548 cu in (9.08741 L) 1835:277.274 cu in (4.54371 L) 27:. For United States customary units, see 6387:British Weights And Measures Association 5900:"Human use of metric measures of length" 5567:British Weights and Measures Association 2255: 1934: 1671: 1431: 979: 238: 6009:Bahamas Bureau of Standards and Quality 5805:"Railway Investigation Report R96W0171" 5417:Guide to Food Labelling and Advertising 4451: 4449: 4447: 4023:Royal College of Physicians of Dublin; 3756: 3704: 3064:(no longer in widespread use in China); 2682:/gc (by definition of the pound force) 2153: 1815:138.64 cu in (2.2719 L) 796:One tenth of a nautical mile. Equal to 6376:6 George IV chapter 12, 1825 (statute) 5822: 5781: 5060:from the original on 19 September 2017 5050:"In praise of ... metric measurements" 4556:Buchholz, Susan; Henke, Grace (2009). 4025:Royal College of Physicians of Ireland 3930:Edinburgh medical and surgical journal 3348:), speed (mph), and trackage (miles). 3029:, which differ from those used in the 1776:69.32 cu in (1.1360 L) 1754:17.38 cu in (284.8 mL) 6417:Units of Measurement Regulations 1995 5743:from the original on 24 February 2020 5712:from the original on 13 February 2020 5453:from the original on 27 December 2012 5367:from the original on 3 September 2015 5280:from the original on 20 December 2016 4968:from the original on 26 February 2017 4799:from the original on 25 February 2021 4705:from the original on 19 December 2021 4418:Royal College of Physicians of Dublin 3933:. A. and C. Black. 1824. p. 398. 2988:Standards of Weights and Measures Act 2430:Units of Measurement Regulations 1994 1919:British apothecaries' volume measures 1725:8.64 cu in (141.6 mL) 153:Imperial standards of length 1876 in 7: 6091:"Ditch the viss, govt urges traders" 5966:from the original on 19 January 2022 5881:from the original on 9 February 2021 5183:from the original on 30 October 2017 5148:from the original on 30 October 2017 5121:from the original on 19 January 2016 4909:from the original on 14 January 2023 4647:from the original on 14 January 2023 4596:from the original on 14 January 2023 4393:from the original on 14 January 2023 4331:from the original on 14 January 2023 3784:from the original on 14 January 2023 3150:) for the imperial system and "Wa" ( 1705:4.32 cu in (70.8 mL) 981:Table of area units and equivalents 97:customary units of the United States 6462:Comparison with US customary system 5658:McDowell, Adam (28 February 2011). 5479:from the original on 26 August 2022 5213:from the original on 2 October 2015 4521:Rowlett, Russ (13 September 2001). 3996:S. Highley, 32, Fleet Street. 1837. 3842:from the original on 2 January 2022 3520:German National Metrology Institute 7066:International System of Units (SI) 6414:Statutory Instrument 1995 No. 1804 5926:. www.railsigns.uk. Archived from 4939:from the original on 24 April 2012 4566:(6th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: 4363:(7th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: 2563:pounds, which is much closer to a 99:. The imperial units replaced the 35:. For the political ideology, see 14: 6319:. 18 October 2011. Archived from 6160:. 1 November 2004. Archived from 6120:Kohler, Nicholas (3 March 2014). 5875:""30 Years of the Metric System"" 5639:from the original on 11 July 2019 5606:from the original on 11 July 2019 5559:"Imperial Measures - The Origins" 5505:. 30 January 1985. Archived from 5249:from the original on 4 March 2021 4572:Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 4369:Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 4237:from the original on 20 June 2013 4179:from the original on 20 July 2020 4172:. 17 June 1824. p. 639,640. 3809:. Eyre and Spottiswoode. p.  2838:Metrication in the United Kingdom 499: 419: 240:Table of length equivalent units 6247:"International Fuel Prices 2005" 6015:from the original on 2 June 2021 5855:from the original on 14 May 2014 5811:from the original on 6 July 2011 5731:Allard, Marie (25 August 2015). 5573:from the original on 15 May 2011 5389:. Justice Canada. Archived from 5325:from the original on 29 May 2022 5140:Dahlgreen, Will (20 June 2015). 5091:from the original on 15 May 2021 5030:from the original on 25 May 2009 4859:from the original on 5 July 2020 4671:Department of Trade and Industry 4420:(1850). "Weights and Measures". 4273:from the original on 20 May 2022 4211:from the original on 14 May 2011 4033:. Hodges and Smith. p. xxii 3950:. Boulter Grierson. p. 852. 2782:at the latitude of Greenwich at 1967: 23:. For the system of weight, see 6156:. The Ministry of Agriculture, 6005:"Weights and Measures Act 2006" 5845:"Canadian Aviation Regulations" 5592:Rosen, Amy (23 February 2011). 5421:Canadian Food Inspection Agency 5203:"Weights and measures: the law" 5111:"BMI healthy weight calculator" 4931:Kelly, Jon (21 December 2011). 3832:"Weights and Measures Act 1985" 1417:defined a gallon to be exactly 178:Edinburgh College of Physicians 7916:Customary units of measurement 6998:Foot–pound–second system (FPS) 6089:Gyi, Ko Ko (18–24 July 2011). 5625:Rosen, Amy (2 February 2011). 5531:(in French). 5 sur 5, Société 5079:King, Max (15 February 2021). 4207:. Sizes.com. 25 October 2013. 3615:St. Vincent and the Grenadines 3322:often uses the metric system. 2886:was outlawed in the UK in the 2813:1834 Houses of Parliament fire 1918: 1: 7076:US customary units (USCS/USC) 6254:International-Fuel-Prices.com 4307:Jones & Bartlett Learning 4302:Math for Pharmacy Technicians 3262:) is also occasionally used. 2888:Weights and Measures Act 1878 2864:Weights and Measures Act 1985 2817:Weights and Measures Act 1855 2247:Weights and Measures Act 1855 2231:Weights and Measures Act 1824 1415:Weights and Measures Act 1985 1383:Weights and Measures Act 1963 1363:Weights and Measures Act 1824 800:under the strict definition. 755:. 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London. 1 December 2006. 4295:Zentz, Lorraine C. (2010). 3730:Symbols & abbreviations 3067:British imperial units; and 2733: 2709: 2688: 2672: 2662: 2641: 2614: 2603: 2541: 2538: 2511: 2508: 2480: 2477: 2449: 2446: 2415: 2412: 2379: 2368: 2332: 2321: 2294: 2281: 2245:subdivisions retained. The 2195:, used for precious metals; 2140: 2137: 2118: 2115: 2096: 2093: 2071: 2058: 2028: 2015: 1987: 1974: 1640: 1637: 1607: 1604: 1574: 1571: 1527: 1524: 1475: 1472: 1401:against weights of density 1287: 1276: 1265: 1227: 1215: 1210: 1205: 1197: 1160: 1148: 1137: 1132: 1124: 1087: 1076: 1065: 1050: 1035: 939: 928: 882: 871: 826: 817: 790: 785: 745: 740: 702: 694: 661: 656: 631: 626: 578: 575: 544: 541: 518: 515: 483: 472: 446: 435: 389: 378: 334: 318: 291: 275: 7942: 5851:. sec. 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Retrieved 6 July 2012. 4493:25 December 2022 at the 3385:Metrication in Australia 2631:(lbf) is exerted on it. 2211:The distinction between 2091:℥, fl ℥, f℥, ƒ ℥, fl oz 2056:ʒ, fl ʒ, fʒ, ƒ 3, fl dr 1427:277.4194 cu in 172:, and in Ireland by the 58:imperial system of units 52:(590 Seven Sisters Road) 7168:Quantum chromodynamical 6407:10 October 2018 at the 5905:9 February 2013 at the 5706:"Canada: Metric System" 5499:"A Canadian compromise" 5171:"YouGov Survey Results" 5115:National Health Service 4888:16 October 2012 at the 4754:Encyclopædia Britannica 4430:2027/mdp.39015069402942 4353:Boyer, Mary Jo (2009). 3905:. W. H. Bond. pp.  3237:fong cek, ping fong cek 2999:Standard Indian English 2053:(fluid dram, fluidram) 1932:for older medications. 945:The rod is also called 196:Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia 7281:centimetre–gram–second 7045:Systems of measurement 6869:Pounds per square inch 6355:. NIST. Archived from 6344:Appendices B and C of 6040:. Government of Belize 5026:. 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Even though the 2874: 2859: 1433:Table of equivalences 1358: 158: 53: 16:System of measurements 7803:Biblical and Talmudic 7269:metre–kilogram–second 6481:Thousandth of an inch 6158:Government of Grenada 5986:"Full HRI Directives" 5924:"Republic of Ireland" 5849:Langley Flying School 5346:Acharya, Anil Kumar. 4727:Statutes at large ... 4568:Wolters Kluwer Health 4365:Wolters Kluwer Health 4090:The exact figure was 3287: 3279: 3272:Metrication in Canada 2872: 2845: 1405:, which works out to 1356: 992:Relative to previous 251:Relative to previous 152: 50:Seven Sisters, London 47: 6885:British thermal unit 6369:Also available as a 6101:on 20 September 2011 5569:. 15 February 2021. 5316:10.1093/pastj/gtx064 4462:17 June 2016 at the 3742:Relative to previous 3734:Relative to previous 3619:United Arab Emirates 3080:Hong Kong Government 3050:units of measurement 2975:Metrication in India 2846:Countries using the 2798:atmospheric pressure 2257:Table of mass units 2205:apothecaries' weight 1926:apothecaries' system 303:typographic measure 202:Dublin Pharmacopoeia 190:London Pharmacopoeia 144: 101:Winchester Standards 6359:on 16 February 2010 6134:on 16 December 2014 5475:. 2 February 2017. 4622:Dosage Calculations 4529:. Chapel Hill, NC: 4475:3 June 2016 at the 4138:on 26 November 2006 4068:Sears et al. 1928. 3897:William David Evans 3720:References for the 3682:Unit of measurement 3652:Conversion of units 3583:Antigua and Barbuda 2949:electricity by the 2821:secondary standards 2762:Natural equivalents 2726: lbm⋅ft/lbf⋅s 2654:Newton's second law 2592:Gravitational units 2258: 2164:over numbers (e.g. 1937: 1676: 1434: 1334:or, more properly, 982: 550:Defined as exactly 241: 162:Apothecaries' units 145:Apothecaries' units 74:Exchequer Standards 7926:1824 introductions 7275:metre–tonne–second 7071:UK imperial system 6971:Avoirdupois system 6323:on 20 October 2011 6317:CARIBARENA Antigua 6263:on 7 February 2007 6226:on 31 January 2009 6197:on 23 January 2008 5930:on 23 October 2021 5509:on 16 January 2009 5427:on 24 January 2008 5308:Past & Present 5259:See paragraph 7.4. 5240:Legislation.gov.uk 4793:legislation.gov.uk 4777:. pp. 273–75. 4371:. pp. 108–9. 4170:legislation.gov.uk 3836:legislation.gov.uk 3738:Exact metric value 3611:St Kitts and Nevis 3516:Burmese government 3307:Environment Canada 3290: 3282: 2875: 2860: 2858:systems as of 2019 2772:physical constants 2526:long hundredweight 2256: 2059:3 fluid scruples ( 1935: 1672: 1638:160     1432: 1359: 1326:has been called a 980: 558:agreement of 1959 239: 166:Berwick-upon-Tweed 159: 112:officially adopted 54: 7898: 7897: 7786: 7785: 7250: 7249: 7241:Foot–pound–second 7181: 7180: 7158:Heaviside–Lorentz 7011: 7010: 6770: 6769: 6095:The Myanmar Times 5660:"Drinking school" 4690:978-0-11-053334-6 4632:978-0-17-650259-1 4581:978-0-7817-7628-8 4479:. 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242: 235: 234: 231: 207:Medical Act 1858 155:Trafalgar Square 76:of 1826) is the 70:British Imperial 7941: 7940: 7936: 7935: 7934: 7932: 7931: 7930: 7901: 7900: 7899: 7894: 7868: 7842: 7782: 7726: 7680: 7599: 7488: 7291: 7246: 7219: 7177: 7134: 7092: 7047: 7042: 7012: 7007: 6964:Related systems 6959: 6925:Horsepower-hour 6873: 6852: 6786: 6766: 6705: 6654: 6606: 6560: 6464: 6455: 6450: 6409:Wayback Machine 6383: 6362: 6360: 6350: 6341: 6339:General sources 6336: 6326: 6324: 6311: 6310: 6306: 6296: 6294: 6281: 6280: 6276: 6266: 6264: 6260: 6249: 6244: 6243: 6239: 6229: 6227: 6218: 6217: 6213: 6200: 6198: 6185: 6184: 6180: 6167: 6165: 6152: 6151: 6147: 6137: 6135: 6119: 6118: 6114: 6104: 6102: 6088: 6087: 6083: 6073: 6071: 6058: 6057: 6053: 6043: 6041: 6037: 6033: 6032: 6028: 6018: 6016: 6002: 6001: 5997: 5984: 5983: 5979: 5969: 5967: 5963: 5952: 5948: 5947: 5943: 5933: 5931: 5922: 5921: 5917: 5907:Wayback Machine 5898: 5894: 5884: 5882: 5873: 5872: 5868: 5858: 5856: 5843: 5842: 5838: 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Sudbury, MA: 4294: 4293: 4286: 4276: 4274: 4270: 4259: 4255: 4254: 4250: 4240: 4238: 4229: 4228: 4224: 4214: 4212: 4204:imperial gallon 4201: 4200: 4196: 4182: 4180: 4176: 4165: 4161: 4160: 4151: 4141: 4139: 4135: 4128: 4124: 4123: 4119: 4110: 4106: 4099: 4095: 4091: 4089: 4085: 4080: 4076: 4067: 4063: 4051: 4050: 4046: 4036: 4034: 4022: 4021: 4017: 4006: 4005: 4001: 3992: 3991: 3987: 3977: 3975: 3960: 3959: 3955: 3943: 3942: 3938: 3927: 3926: 3922: 3912: 3910: 3895:Great Britain; 3894: 3893: 3889: 3879: 3877: 3865: 3864: 3855: 3845: 3843: 3830: 3829: 3825: 3815: 3813: 3802: 3801: 3797: 3787: 3785: 3778: 3763: 3762: 3758: 3754: 3749: 3748: 3719: 3715: 3710: 3706: 3701: 3696: 3632: 3528: 3526:Other countries 3508: 3502: 3490: 3475: 3460: 3454: 3438: 3432: 3416: 3387: 3381: 3340: 3274: 3268: 3043: 3019:British English 2977: 2971: 2962: 2958: 2924: 2840: 2834: 2829: 2792: 2790: 2789:was defined as 2764: 2743: 2740: 2738: 2722: 2719: 2717: 2701: 2698: 2696: 2620: 2617: 2615: 2609: 2606: 2604: 2582: 2580: 2570: 2568: 2560: 2548: 2544: 2542: 2517: 2514: 2512: 2486: 2483: 2481: 2455: 2452: 2450: 2428:Defined by the 2421: 2418: 2416: 2398: 2394: 2393: 2385: 2382: 2380: 2374: 2370: 2369: 2354: 2350: 2349: 2341: 2338: 2335: 2333: 2327: 2323: 2322: 2307: 2305: 2297: 2295: 2288: 2287: 2283: 2282: 2236: 2234: 2224: 2222: 2213:mass and weight 2186: 2184:Mass and weight 2177: 2176: 2168:) represents a 2165: 2159: 2155: 2141: 2121: 2119: 2099: 2097: 2077: 2074: 2072: 2065: 2061: 2060: 2052: 2039: 2037: 2034: 2031: 2029: 2022: 2018: 2017: 1995: 1993: 1990: 1988: 1981: 1977: 1976: 1955: 1950: 1945: 1921: 1911: 1869: 1865: 1864: 1857: 1853: 1852: 1828: 1824: 1823: 1808: 1804: 1803: 1798: 1794: 1793: 1786: 1782: 1781: 1747: 1743: 1742: 1735: 1731: 1730: 1718: 1714: 1713: 1696: 1692: 1691: 1674: 1646: 1644: 1613: 1611: 1580: 1578: 1556: 1554: 1542: 1540: 1533: 1529: 1528: 1509: 1507: 1501: 1499: 1490: 1488: 1481: 1477: 1476: 1447: 1442: 1426: 1425:(approximately 1420: 1418: 1408: 1406: 1403:8.136 g/mL 1402: 1396: 1394: 1388: 1386: 1351: 1342:for centuries. 1311: 1308: 1306: 1300: 1296: 1293: 1291: 1282: 1279: 1277: 1271: 1268: 1266: 1261: 1257: 1252: 1236: 1233: 1230: 1228: 1222: 1218: 1216: 1211: 1206: 1200: 1198: 1193: 1189: 1184: 1169: 1166: 1163: 1161: 1155: 1151: 1149: 1143: 1139: 1138: 1133: 1127: 1125: 1120: 1116: 1112:40 perches 1111: 1096: 1093: 1090: 1088: 1082: 1079: 1077: 1071: 1067: 1066: 1060: 1056: 1053: 1051: 1045: 1041: 1038: 1036: 1031: 1027: 978: 964: 960: 957: 955: 954: 940: 934: 930: 929: 924: 907: 906: 902: 901: 900:of a chain and 896: 892: 891: 885: 883: 877: 873: 872: 867: 845: 841: 827: 820: 818: 813: 797: 791: 786: 781: 766: 761: 757: 756: 752: 746: 741: 734: 732: 705: 703: 697: 695: 690: 675: 671: 664: 662: 657: 653:8 furlongs 652: 637: 632: 627: 622: 597: 593: 592: 588: 584: 579: 571: 551: 545: 537: 519: 511: 484: 478: 474: 473: 468: 454:39.3701 in 453: 447: 441: 437: 436: 431: 404: 400: 399: 398: 392: 390: 384: 380: 379: 371: 367: 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Imperial and US customary measurement systems
Imperialism

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Weights and Measures Act 1824
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related but differing system
customary units of the United States
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metric system
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Dublin College of Physicians
Edinburgh College of Physicians
pharmacopoeias
London Pharmacopoeia
Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia
Dublin Pharmacopoeia

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