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		Measurement is not limited to physical quantities, but can extend to quantifying almost any imaginable thing such as degree of uncertainty, consumer confidence, or the rate of increase in the fall in the price of beanie babies.
		Established standard objects and events are used as units, and the measurement results in at least two numbers for the relationship between the item under study and the referenced unit of measurement, where at least one number estimates the statistical uncertainty in the measurement.
		Measuring the ratios between physical quantities is an important sub-field of physics.
	www.online-encyclopedia.info /encyclopedia/m/me/measurement.html (366 words)

	ft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A foot is a unit of length, the original measure being the length of a man's foot.
		The first known standard foot measure was from Sumeria, where a definition is given in a statue of Gudea of Lagash from around 2575 BC.
		The imperial foot was adapted from an Egyptian measure by the Greeks, with a subsequent larger foot being adopted by the Romans.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Ft.html (224 words)

	Weights And Measures Conversion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The earliest known uniform systems of weights and measures seem to have all been created sometime in the 4th and 3rd millennia BC among the ancient peoples of Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Indus Valley, and perhaps also Elam in Persia as well.
		Weights were based on units of 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, and 500, with each unit weighing approximately 28 grams, similar to the English ounce or Greek uncia, and smaller objects were weighed in similar ratios with the units of 0.871.
		Weight measures are used for meat and butter; butter is sold by weight but in packages marked to facilitate common divisions by eye.
	www.wwwtln.com /finance/202/weights-and-measures-conversion.html (1152 words)

	Systems of measurement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mesures usuelles (French for customary measurements) were a system of measurement introduced to act as compromise between the metric system and traditional measurements.
		Atomic units (au) are a convenient system of units of measurement used in atomic physics, particularly for describing the properties of electrons.
		In the History of measurement many of the units that we have records of, or at least the ones that have been used in Europe and around the Mediterranean are variations on older systems originating in the Ancient Near East and Egypt.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Historical_weights_and_measures (948 words)

	Weight Article, Weight Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Weight is the force exerted upon an object byvirtue of its position in a gravitational field.
		Related to the historical identification of mass and weight, the pound has been usedboth as a unit of mass and as a unit of force.
		Weight is thetitle of the 1994 album by the group Rollins Band.
	www.anoca.org /mass/force/weight.html (412 words)

	Historical weights and measures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		For reference, the inner square of the Tower of Babel measured 120 by 120 cubits..
		From these standards, it is clear that accuracies in measurements of at least 1/16 yeba (1 mm) were possible.
		Before 1541, there were no common definition for length measures in Norway, and local variants flourished.
	www.enlightenweb.net /h/hi/historical_weights_and_measures.html (3273 words)

	WEIGHTS AND MEASURES PLUS 3.0 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Weights And Measures Plusâ¢ is a program for converting units of measurement from one system...
		Scale of 1990 was adopted by the International Committee of Weights and Measures at its...
		Weights and measures are for standard multiple pack, not individual unit.
	www.downloady.net /weights-and-measures-plus-3-0.htm (3888 words)

	Cubit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The cubit was a Sumerian, later Egyptian measure.
		The inch, foot, and yard are thought to be connected to the cubit through a complicated transformation not yet fully understood.
		Some believe they evolved from cubic measures; others believe they were simple proportions or multiples of the cubit.
	www.theezine.net /c/cubit.html (215 words)

	Deutsches Museum - Weights and Measures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Weighing and measuring are essential for every type of economic activity.
		There is hardly any field of human life in which weights and measures do not play an important role.
		A standard unit of 1 metre, for example, is defined as the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in one 299 792 458th of a second.
	www.deutsches-museum.de /ausstell/dauer/mass/e_mass.htm (234 words)

	Foot (unit of length) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The standardization of weights and measures has left several different standardized foot measures.
		The most commonly used foot today is the imperial foot, which is defined to be exactly 0.3048 meters (that is, twelve inches of 0.0254 meters).
		Similarly, inches can be denoted by a double prime (often approximated by a quotation mark), so 6′2″ means 6 feet 2 inches.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/f/fo/foot__unit_of_length_.html (226 words)

	Table of Measure and Cooking Weights
		Measure and cooking weights were important to nineteenth-century cooks.
		And if the weight of one ingredient were known, the weight of another could sometimes be guessed.
		Historical weights and measures often prove helpful in modern kitchens.
	www.homemade-dessert-recipes.com /measure-and-cooking-weights.html (503 words)

	Centre County Office of Weights and Measures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Department of Weights and Measures is responsible for inspecting and monitoring all transactions in which a commodity or service is bought or sold and a weighing and measuring device is used.
		The Department of Weights and Measures follows the guidelines set by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Pennsylvania State Legislature.
		Ron Williams, Centre County's Sealer of Weights and Measures, reminds consumers to compare the price recorded on their credit card receipt to the price on the fuel pump and the advertising sign.
	county.centreconnect.org /361.htm (551 words)

	Kids.net.au - Encyclopedia Measurement -
		Established standard objects and events are used as units, and the measurement results in a given number for the relationship between the item under study and the referenced unit of measurement.
		There is A Dictionary of Units of Measurement of all kinds at http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/index
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	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/me/Measurement (371 words)

	Articles - Metrication arguments and counter-arguments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The idea of compulsory standards is hardly new, however; in the mid-1820s, for example, the Act for ascertaining and establishing Uniformity of Weights and Measures, signed by George IV, consolidated the various gallons in use at the time and established a new Imperial gallon, simultaneously prohibiting the use of the older units.
		In more recent times, anti-metrication supporters have claimed that the legal compulsion to adopt the metric system instead of their traditional weights and measures is an infringement of their human rights to freedom of speech, though this claim has been consistently rejected by the courts.
		The metric system was specifically intended to completely replace local diversity in weights and measures that had formerly prevailed in France and caused difficulties for trade.
	www.lastring.com /articles/Anti-metric_movement?mySession=40775053f0d95e03aeff7e3af6a89c7e (2104 words)

	Historical weights and measures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This value is based on the gold aureus of Augustus which was in use from 27 BC to AD 296.
		Before that, from 1605, 59.38 cm as defined by king IX of Sweden">Carl IX of Sweden in Norrköping 1604 based on the Rydaholmsalnen.
		Measure for Measure, Richard Young and Thomas Glover, ISBN 1-889796-00-X.
	www.freetemplate.ws /hi/historical-weights-and-measures.html (3621 words)

	Medical Historical Library: Edward C. Streeter Collection of Weights and Measures
		The Edward C. Streeter Collection is one of the most comprehensive study collections of weights and measures in the world in terms of time period and geography.
		The measures, both linear and bulk, range from an Elizabethan corn-bushel dated 1601 to American yardsticks of the nineteenth century and include calipers, squares, bevels, levels, rules, dividers, and measuring gauges.
		The nested weights have been described in Ellen Zak Danforth, Nesting Weights, Einsatzgewichte and Piles a Godet: A Catalog of Nested Cup Weights in the Edward Clark Streeter Collection of Weights and Measures, Transactions of the Connecticut Society of Arts and Sciences, 50 (March 1988).
	info.med.yale.edu /library/historical/streeter.htm (242 words)

	Consultant in metallurgy & chemistry
		Kilogram : As the name implies, the original unit was the gram (weight of 1 cubic centimeter or 1 milliliter of water at 4 °C) but it soon became the kg (or 1000 grams or one cubic decimeter of water), and defined by its model in platinum-iridium kept in Paris.
		Historical detail : before the computations of the Dunkirk-Barcelona meridian were completed, a first measure was introduced : the grave (same root as gravity) equal to the weight of one (temporary) cubic decimeter of water.
		The square measures are a mixture of squared linear units and historical units.
	users.aol.com /jackproot/met (3442 words)

	Learn more about Historical weights and measures in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Learn more about Historical weights and measures in the online encyclopedia.
		Hint: Play with putting spaces before and after your words to see the different results you get.
		As a case in point, the Great Pyramid of Giza was built to a precision of 15 mm over sides that are 235 m, over four and a half thousand years ago.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /h/hi/historical_weights_and_measures.html (3376 words)

	Founder's Exhibit: Edward Clark Streeter (Medical Historical Library, Yale University)
		Edward C. Streeter gave his superb collection of books and artifacts on weights and measures to the Historical Library at the time of its opening.
		An early work on weights and measures donated by Streeter.
		The fund is used for books for the Historical Library in Streeter’s areas of interest.
	info.med.yale.edu /library/historical/founders/streeter.html (423 words)

	Find in a Library: The Federal basis for weights and measures; a historical review of Federal legislative effort, ...
		Find in a Library: The Federal basis for weights and measures; a historical review of Federal legislative effort, statutes, and administrative action in the field of weights and measures in the United States.
		The Federal basis for weights and measures; a historical review of Federal legislative effort, statutes, and administrative action in the field of weights and measures in the United States.
		Subjects: Weights and measures -- Law and legislation -- United States.
	www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/b9df0de1e924cda5.html (102 words)

	Special page on anglo-saxon units
		Historical detail : the acre was also defined as the amount of land a yoke of oxen could plough in a day.
		The Weights and Measures Act of 1824 defined an Imperial British Gallon to replace all others : it was to contain 10 pounds of pure water at 62°F (inspired by the decimal system ?) (= 4.54609 liters).
		Historically the pound derives from the Roman libra (hence the abbreviation "lb") whose weight was anything between 4944 and 5220 grains.
	members.aol.com /JackProot/met/spvolas.html (3595 words)

	Scottish Archive Network - Scottish Weights and Measures Guide
		Until the middle of the 19th century a wide diversity of weights and measures were used in Scotland.
		Standardization took place from 1661 onwards, and in 1824 an act of parliament imposed the English versions of Imperial measures and defined the proportions of older measures to Imperial measures.
		When researching Scottish historical records from medieval times until the late 19th century, the following should be borne in mind:
	www.scan.org.uk /measures/index.asp (220 words)

	Librarians' Internet Index: http://lii.org/search?query=Weights+and+measures;searchtype=subject (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Measurements include weight and mass, distance and length, capacity and volume, area, speed, temperature, time, pressure, energy and work, circular measure, and computer storage.
		--> "This dictionary provides an account of the principal units of measurement to be found in use around the world today, and the conversion factors often needed to change them into 'standard' units of the SI [International System of Units] system." Discusses conversions from one system to another and defines the systems themselves.
		The Mass Unit Conversion Calculator which converts milligrams, grams, kilograms, and tonnes to grains, drams, ounces, pounds, stones, slug, hundred weight, and tons, as well as bushels to quarters.
	lii.org /search?query=Weights+and+measures;searchtype=subject (652 words)

	Mil - ArtPolitic Encyclopedia of Politics : Information Portal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It is also used commonly for measuring vehicle fuel consumption, liters per mile means liters consumed per 10 km.
		The international nautical mile is still often referred to by traditionalist Scandinavians as a quarter mile.
		In angular measure, a mil is 1/6,400 of a full circle; thus, there are 160 mils in 9 degrees, 17.8 mils in one degree.
	www.artpolitic.org /infopedia/mi/Mil.html (286 words)

	Mil
		In English units of measurement, a mil is a unit of length 1/1,000 inch long.
		Here was literally the richest breakfast that could good for nothing.
		The poorest laborer, sitting down to his crust whose delicate food was really worth its weight in gold.
	www.wordlookup.net /mi/mil.html (426 words)

	Online Weights & Measures;
		- Besides converting different units of measure that are related to (automobile) fuel consumption, this web page can also calculate the fuel amount, it's cost and the (driving) distance.
		"megaConverter.com is an ever-growing set of weights, measures and units conversion/calculation modules.
		- This provides a summary of most of the units of measurement to be found in use around the world today (and a few of historical interest), together with the appropriate conversion factors needed to change them into a 'standard' unit of the S I. Internet Reference Sources
	www.library.wwu.edu /ref/refmeasure.htm (603 words)

	Xsanthippe's tree
		The name also has been said to be that of an Amazon leader (though I have yet to find verrification)
		Considering the history of the name I thought it fitting for a community designed for both scolastic and historical reflections relating to spirituality, practices and cultures.
		The "S" I've added is simply to symbolise the turning of time into the here and now, as everything changes and yet seems to stay the same as the eons progress.
	groups.msn.com /Xsanthippestree (243 words)

	Weights & Measures - An Historical Fine Wine Dinner Mon 12th May Berry Bros & Rudd - Available for Sale
		Weights & Measures - An Historical Fine Wine Dinner Mon 12th May Berry Bros and Rudd - Available for Sale
		Customers of old would request to be weighed on Berrys' famous coffee scales.
		However guests will be invited to continue this tradition and then listen to Simon Berry's historical account Berrys.
	www.bbr.com /GB/db/product/TAS193 (148 words)

	Science (Quick) Reference
		Historical weights & measures, old chemical names, etc. A wonderful site.
		Forms-based converter of weight, volume, length, area, speed, pressure, temperature, circular measure & time.
		Weights & Measures also has some links to this kind of information.
	www.public.iastate.edu /~psacks/agnic/lsci.html (1243 words)

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