The imperial and US customary measurement systems are both derived from an earlier English system of measurement which in turn can be traced back to Ancient...

Both the British imperial measurement system and United States customary systems of measurement derive from earlier English unit systems used prior to 1824...

measurement of weight used in the US. The US customary system uses the short hundredweight of 100 lb and short ton of 2,000 lb. Where these systems most...

Comparison of the imperial and US customary measurement systems Conversion of units Cooking weights and measures Cord (volume) History of measurement Metrication...

States customary units form a system of measurement units commonly used in the United States and most U.S. territories since being standardized and adopted...

unit systems where force is a derived unit, like in SI units, gc is equal to 1. In unit systems where force is a primary unit, like in imperial and US customary...

stated. The spindle of a micrometer graduated for the Imperial and US customary measurement systems has 40 threads per inch, so that one turn moves the...

has used SI base units since at least the late 1970s. Imperial and US customary measurement systems A specific temperature is converted from Fahrenheit...

suggestion of Frank Mankiewicz and Lyn Nofziger. U.S. Metric Association Imperial and US customary measurement systems Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John...

and trade.": 123, 126  The only other types of measurement system that still have widespread use across the world are the imperial and US customary measurement...

the metric system, the imperial system, and United States customary units. Historically many of the systems of measurement which had been in use were to...

volume in British imperial units and United States customary units. The imperial gallon (imp gal) is defined as 4.54609 litres, and is or was used in...

yd) is an English unit of length in both the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement equalling 3 feet or 36 inches. Since 1959 it has been...

measurements and recorded their predecessor's systems in their histories. In the present day, the People's Republic of China maintains some customary...

commonly associated with cooking and serving sizes. In the US customary system, it is equal to one-half US pint (8.0 US fl oz; 8.3 imp fl oz; 236.6 ml)...

Roman Units of Measurement – System of measurement used in Ancient Rome Comparison of the imperial and US customary measurement systems Domesday Book –...

in the U.S., a tablespoon is defined as 15 mL (about 4.22 British imperial fluid drachms (0.53 British imperial fluid ounce) or 4.06 US customary fluid...

America and saw an expanded use of US customary units. Gasoline was sold by the gallon and cloth by the yard. The Diet revisited the nation's measurements and...

recorded systems of weights and measures originate in the 3rd or 4th millennium BC. Even the very earliest civilizations needed measurement for purposes...

British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement. The prime symbol, ′, is commonly used to represent the foot. In both customary and imperial...

history, many systems have been used to specify the size of a rope. In systems that use the inch (Imperial and US customary measurement systems), large ropes...

breweries and merchants, but measurements were now based on the Imperial system. There was still confusion about whether Reputed or Imperial measures was...

shotguns and large black-powder rifles. Apothecaries' system Units of measurement in France Imperial units Troy weight United States customary units Weighing...

currently used: the liquid quart and dry quart of the US customary system and the imperial quart of the British imperial system. All are roughly equal to one...

imperial fluid ounce is 1⁄20 of an imperial pint, 1⁄160 of an imperial gallon, or exactly 28.4130625 mL. A US customary fluid ounce is 1⁄16 of a US liquid...

United States customary units Units of measurement "Barrels per stream day [′bar·əlz pər ¦strēm ‚dā] (chemical engineering) A measurement used to denote...

both the imperial and United States customary measurement systems. In both of those systems, it is one-eighth of a gallon. The British imperial pint is...

Industry Canada Act and reports to the Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs. Imperial and US customary measurement systems Metrication in Canada...

as U.S. customary units in the United States and is still in use there and in a few Caribbean countries. These various systems of measurement have at...

349523125 g) is 1⁄16 avoirdupois pound; this is the United States customary and British imperial ounce. It is primarily used in the United States. Although the...