imperial weights and measures
91Indische Maße und Gewichte — Eine gewisse Standardisierung indischer Maße und Gewichte lässt sich schon für die früheste Zeit nachweisen. Im Laufe der Jahrhunderte entwickelte sich ein indigenes System, das durch die Maße und Gewichte der jeweiligen Invasoren ergänzt wurde.… …
92Litre — One litre is equivalent to this cube Each side is 10 cm 1 litre water = 1 kilogram water (at 4 °C) The litre (or liter  see spelling differences) is a unit of volume equal to 1 cubic decimetre (dm3), to 1,000 cubic centimetres… …
93Nautical mile — 1 nautical mile = SI units 1.85200 km 1,852.00 m US customary / Imperial units 1.15078 mi 6,076.12 ft The nautical mile (symbol M, NM or nmi) is a unit of length that is about one minute of arc of latitude along a …
94History of measurement — Units of measurement were among the earliest tools invented by humans. Primitive societies needed rudimentary measures for many tasks: constructing dwellings of an appropriate size and shape, fashioning clothing, or bartering food or raw… …
95Obsolete Polish units of measurement — The traditional Polish units of measurement included two uniform yet distinct systems of weights and measures, as well as a number of related systems borrowed from neighbouring states. The first attempt at standardisation came with the… …
96Maltese units of measurement — In modern usage, metric is used almost exclusively in commercial transactions. These units are mostly historical, although they are still used in some limited contexts and in Maltese idioms and set phrases. Many of these terms are directly… …
97Julius Erasmus Hilgard — (January 7, 1825 – May 9, 1890) was a German American engineer.Julius Erasmus Hilgard [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=SddRAAAAMAAJ pg=PA150 Julius Erasmus Hilgard 1825 1890] A History of the First Half century of the National Academy of… …
98Burmesisches Maßsystem — Myanmar (auch Burma oder Birma) ist einer von drei Staaten weltweit, welche offiziell das Metrischen Maßsystem noch nicht gesetzlich eingeführt haben.[1] Nach Cardelli (2004) wurden die hier beschriebenen Einheiten vor 1920 verwendet und sind… …
99Napoleon — For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). Napoleon I …
100European units of measurement directives — European Union directive: Directive 71/354/EEC Units of Measure Directive Made by European Council Made under Art. 100 …
