imperial weights and measures
101Metrication in Barbados — The process of metrication in Barbados started in the early 1970s with an initiative by the government to push for industrialisation of the economy. The process has progressed slowly but the metric system has now replaced the previous measures.… …
102Apothecaries' system — |The basic form of the apothecaries system is essentially a subset of the Roman weight system. An apothecaries pound normally consisted of 12 ounces. (In France this was changed to 16 ounces, and in Spain the customary unit was the marco , a mark …
103List of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom, 1988 — NOTOC This is a complete list of all 1558 Statutory Instruments published in the United Kingdom in the year 1988.1 100* Origin of Goods (Petroleum Products) Regulations 1988 S.I. 1988/1 * Export of Sheep (Prohibition) (No.2) Amendment Order 1988… …
104Аптекарский вес — Марка 1991 года в честь 750 летия основания аптекарской специальности Аптекарский вес (медицинский вес, нюрнбергский вес)  историческая система мер массы, которая использовалась врачами и аптекарями при изготовлении лекарств, а также… …
105Hundredweight — The hundredweight or centum weight (abbreviated cwt) is a unit of mass defined in terms of the pound (lb). The definition used in Britain differs from that used in North America. The two are distinguished by the terms long hundredweight and short …
106metre — /mee teuhr/, n., v., metred, metring. Brit. meter. * * * I Basic unit of length in the metric system and the International System of Units. In 1983 the General Conference on Weights and Measures decided that the accepted value for the speed of… …
107Fahrenheit — For other uses, see Fahrenheit (disambiguation). Thermometer with Fahrenheit and Celsius units Fahrenheit is the temperature scale proposed in 1724 by, and named after, the Dutch German Polish physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736).[ …
108political system — Introduction the set of formal legal institutions that constitute a “government” or a “ state.” This is the definition adopted by many studies of the legal or constitutional arrangements of advanced political orders. More broadly defined,… …
109Minim (unit) — The minim (abbreviated min or ♏) is a unit of volume in both the imperial and US customary systems of measurement. Specifically it is 1⁄60 of a fluidram[1] or 1⁄480 of a fluid ounce.[2] In contrast with apothecaries weight, apothecaries measure… …
110Charlemagne — /shahr leuh mayn /; Fr. /shannrdd leuh mannn yeu/, n. ( Charles the Great ) A.D. 742 814, king of the Franks 768 814; as Charles I, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 800 814. * * * or Carolus Magnus ( Charles the Great ) born April 2, c. 742 died… …
