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	Imperial and USA systems of measurement.
		The two systems are often confused with each other and sometimes one or the other terms are used to collectively refer to both systems (in particular, Europeans often use the term Imperial system to refer to either systems).
		Although the measurements in the metric system are derived from scientific principles, the English units measurements (and the subsequent USA and Imperial measurements) are based on nature and everyday activities.
		The imperial system (prior to the UK converting to metric) and the USA system have over 300 different measures (see http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/traditional.htm), of which many are ambiguous.
	www.france-property-and-information.com /imperial-system-and-history.htm (1723 words)

	Imperial unit -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Imperial system is also called the English system, the British system or, perhaps more correctly, the (A system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)) Avoirdupois System.
		From this we see that, in the Imperial system, an avoirdupois ounce of water at 62 °F has a volume of one fluid ounce, because 10 pounds is equivalent to 160 avoirdupois ounces, and 1 Imperial gallon is equivalent to 4 Imperial quarts, or 160 fluid ounces.
		The tables of Imperial troy mass and apothecaries' mass are the same as the corresponding United States tables, except for the British spelling "drachm" in the table of apothecaries' mass.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/i/im/imperial_unit.htm (1925 words)

	English units of measurement. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In the avoirdupois system, the most widely used of the three, the pound is divided into 16 ounces (oz) and the ounce into 16 drams.
		The grain is also a unit in the avoirdupois system, 1 avoirdupois pound being 7,000 grains, so that the troy pound is 5,760/7,000 of an avoirdupois pound.
		The U.S. gallon, or wine gallon, is 231 cubic inches (cu in.); the British imperial gallon is the volume of 10 lb of pure water at 62°F and is equal to 277.42 cu in.
	www.bartleby.com /65/en/Englsh-u.html (781 words)

	Imperial unit - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Imperial units are an irregularly standardized system of units that have been used in the United Kingdom and its former colonies, including the Commonwealth countries.
		The Imperial gallon was defined as the volume of 10 avoirdupois pounds of water under specified conditions, and the Imperial bushel was defined as 8 Imperial gallons.
		In all the systems, the fundamental unit is the pound, and all other units are defined as fractions or multiples of it.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Imperial_units (1619 words)

	imperial system - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about imperial system (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Traditional system of units developed in the UK, based largely on the foot, pound, and second (f.p.s.) system.
		In 1991 it was announced that the acre, pint, troy ounce, mile, yard, foot, and inch would remain in use indefinitely for beer, cider, and milk measures, and in road-traffic signs and land registration.
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	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Imperial%20system (143 words)

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	Imperial system
		For the sake of stable imperial succession, we can do other things in advance such as revival of "concubine system" and "imperial branch families".
		Because the Imperial household is the supreme authority in Japan.
		She is just the sacrifice of Imperial system.
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