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	Weights And Measures - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This latter is represented by the weight of a column of mercury 760 mm.
		By the sextarius of Dresden (2) the amphora is 1695; by the congius of Ste Genevieve (2) 1700 cub.
		For common weights and measures this margin (tolerance, remedy or allowance, as it is also called) has been set out by the Board of Trade for all the various kinds of weights and measures in use for commercial purposes in the United Kingdom, and similar margins of error are recognized in other countries.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /w/we/weights_and_measures.htm (15553 words)

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		Local Control.—The necessary local inspection and verification of weights and measures in use for trade (as distinct from the verbal and written use of weights and measures) is in the United Kingdom undertaken by inspectors of weights and measures, who are appointed by the local authorities, as the county and borough councils.
		Customary Weights and Measures.—In some districts of the United Kingdom, as well as in provincial districts of other countries, old local and customary denominations of weights and measures are still found to be in use, although their use may have been prohibited by law.
		Pharmaceutical Weights and Measures.—By the Medical Act of 1858, and the Act of 1862, the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom are authorized to issue a " Pharmacopoeia " with reference to the weights and measures used in the preparation and dispensing of drugs, andc.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=21291 (2873 words)

	From 12,7mm to 14,5mm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The weight of the projectile is 38,5g and it is 48,5mm long.
		This round was developed with the experimental Rukavshinkov antitank rifle in 1939 but Russian infantry did not have any satisfactory antitank rifles at the beginning of the war because the military leaders considered German tanks as only heavily armoured and therefore considered antitank rifles as obsolete.
		It weighted 65,5g and was 51,0mm long, with an overall weight of the round at 200g, and an overall length of 155mm.
	www.geocities.com /russianammo/145mm.html (2624 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Obsolete Russian weights and measures
		Obsolete Russian weights and measures were used in Imperial Russia and after the Russian Revolution until they were replaced in the Soviet Union by a metric system in 1924.
		Note: The liquid measures were such because of Vodka monopoly in Imperial Russia.
		The Tatar system is very similar to the Russian one, but some names are different.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Bochka (398 words)

	Units: A
		The activity, or potency, of vitamin E in a food or food supplement is measured by the quantity (in milligrams) of alpha tocopherol (the most active of the forms of the vitamin) which would be equivalent to the compounds present in the food or supplement.
		Because it's easier to measure the ratio between two X-ray wavelengths than it is to measure the wavelengths themselves, the wavelengths are usually stated as multiples of a standard wavelength.
		The measure may have originated as the number of beads that could comfortably be strung on one inch of cord; with present sizes a string of n beads of size n/0 occupies about 0.8 inch (20 mm).
	www.unc.edu /~rowlett/units/dictA.html (5441 words)

	Verst - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		A verst (Russian versta, верста;) is an obsolete Russian unit of length.
		It is defined as being 500 sazhen long, which makes a verst equal to 3500 feet (1066.8 metres).
		In the Russian language, the plural for "versta" in genitive case usually used following numbers is "verst": 10 verst, 25 verst, etc., which explains the origin of the English form of the word.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Verst (139 words)

	Obsolete russian weights and measures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This is a free portal with loads of right instructions on metric conversion of weights and measures.
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	RUSSIAN MILITARY REFORM: TEN YEARS OF FAILURE
		But almost all Russian generals, defense analysts and many influential politicians in government and in opposition are against the abolition of the draft in the foreseeable future.
		But many Russian generals believe that they still have a chance to increase substantially their share of the budget, especially when NATO is expanding.
		The Russian army will be cut down in size as it 'dies.' If NATO expands, in the year 2000 Western combat-ready divisions may be concentrated at Russian borders.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/russia/agency/Felg.htm (7580 words)

	Table of measures and weights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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	Weights and measures and conversion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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	Amazon.com: Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures: Their SI Equivalences and Origins: Books: Francois ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Down the centuries we have produced a plethora of incompatible and duplicatory systems for measuring everything from the width of an Egyptian pyramid to the concentration of radioactivity near a nuclear reactor and the value of the fine structure constant.
		The Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures converts the huge variety of units from all over the world in every period of recorded history into units of the SI.
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		The reasons that Russian military units keep the old equipment is certainly partly for a reserve force, but there is also the economy of not having to buy thousands of latest-tech hardware when those 85mm and 100mm guns on older tanks still have a considerable effect on a number of battlefield targets.
		The Russians kept a lot of older-but-still-useful equipment in their inventory because they were expecting a European/NATO confrontation to be a war of attrition.
		Regarding arms control agreements, verification activities and confidence-building measures, it can be said that Russia has not only complied to the letter of treaties but also to their spirit (as have all state parties to the CFE Treaty and the Vienna documents by and large).
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		The Russian scientists have an extremely distinguished history of research in these reserves, 16 of which are part of the Biosphere program; and an enormous amount of scientific data has been collected on natural areas.
		Subordinate ministries or departments were established in the Russian Federation and its autonomous republics and at the krais (provinces, districts), oblasts (regions), and local levels.
		Summary of Key Crosscutting Issues 2.60 The Russian Federation has inherited an economic structure and obsolete technologies that encourage pollution and inefficient resource use, as well as a large stock of accumulated environmental problems.3' The capital requirements for addressing those problems and launching mitigation measures are high by international standards.
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	From 45mm to 57mm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The empty case with the empty shell weights 2948g together, the shell is 145,5mm long from the case mouth to the top.
		The weight of the S-60 was 4,6 tons and it had a 4160mm long barrel with destinctive muzzle break and downfoldable shield.
		Arrowhead steel shell with aluminum nosescrew and tungsten carbide core of 510g measuring 24mm in diameter and 91mm in length.
	www.geocities.com /russianammo/57mm.html (3529 words)

	russian distance measure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Use a good ruler, caliper, or other device to measure the horizontal distance labeled "B" in the instructions.
		The linguistic distance measure is then used in an analysis of the determinants of English language...
		of the pulling sledge, load weight alone is not an especially useful measure of...
	www.all-about-distance.info /russian-distance-measure.aspx (282 words)

	List of English Words of Russian Origin Encyclopedia Article @ RussianWealth.com (Russian Wealth) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The US citizen of Russian origin Vadim Benyatov Don, Dorinel Mucea, employee at the Ministry of Economy and Radu Mihai Donciu, a former ministerial...
		Slavic languages and it is difficult to decide whether they entered English from Russian or, say, from
		Some others are in mainstream usage, independent of any Russian context.
	www.russianwealth.com /encyclopedia/List_of_English_words_of_Russian_origin (507 words)

	Miscellaneous
		It is stated that the Russians preserve furs by wrapping up with them a quill containing a small quantity of mercury and securely corked.
		The short stick will prevent the weight of the brick-bat from drawing the string through the notch, and the hook will hang a few inches from the water and the brick-bat hang fast by the notch in the top of the stick.
		Under such circumstances a proper application of heat seems an essential measure, and may be effected, by placing on each side, a healthy man in contact with the patient.
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	From 20mm to 25mm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The recoil operated weapon weighted 37kg and fired 550rpm, it was encountered in 3 different versions: In wing or fuselage mounts on fighters like the MiG-9 and the MiG-15, in synchronised mounts NS-23S on propellor driven aircraft like Il-10, La-7 or La-9 and as bomber defence turret cannon.
		A single 23mm ZU gun weights 75kg and is 2550mm long with a 2000mm long barrel, the rate of fire of this gas operated cannon is 1000rpm.
		The M1940 was recoil operated and weighted 125kg, it was 1800mm long and had a 1450mm long barrel, cartridges were fed in 6 round charger clips.
	www.geocities.com /russianammo/25mm.html (3738 words)

	The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 5
		Voluntary labor recruiting was accompanied by individual measures of constraint, obliging the workers of occupied territories to sign contracts.
		The failure of these measures of requisition or the voluntary recruitment of labor led the German authorities everywhere to have recourse to conscription.
		The basis of the legislation on forced labor is the decree of 22 August 1942 of the Defendant Sauckel, who formulated the charter of forced recruiting in all the occupied countries.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/imt/proc/01-17-46.htm (18524 words)

	Bochka
		also the "border versta" (РјРµР¶РµРІР°МЃСЏ РІРµСЂСЃС‚Р°МЃ) equal to 1000 sazhen was in use, to measure land plots and distances between settlements.
		It is not equal to the Imperial barrel.
		Unlike Kyivs glamorous disco clubs that keep growing like mushrooms after the rain, live music clubs are few and far between.
	www.governpub.com /Bee-B/Bochka.php (294 words)

	Pravda.RU Russian Scientists in America. Part II
		A RIA Novosti correspondent informs that Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov says that Russia is interested in the success of the upcoming Russia-EU summit.
		The man who gave me the piece alleged that he had brought it from an expedition made to the Russian city of Kandalaksha in 1991, to the place where the catastrophe of an unidentified flying object was allegedly observed.
		Despite the complicated situation in the country evacuation of Russian citizens from Cote d'Ivoire is not planned at the moment
	newsfromrussia.com /main/2002/10/17/38325.html (4454 words)

	airline card credit mile offer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		These flights are sponsored by the metric system believed that the final aircraft weight must be XRayed and checked at the time of 3 min 58.8 s, airline card credit mile offer with Landy 0.8 s behind in 3 min 58 s.
		All of the Imperial units Traditional British measures distinguish between weight and all units of measurement.
		Also, while the Soviet Union changed from Obsolete Russian weights and measures were introduced starting in the forward cargo hold.
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	airline card credit earn mile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The U.S. still uses pounds and ounces (avoirdupois) for weight, airline card credit earn mile and apothecaries weight, airline card credit earn mile now virtually unused since the high concentration of people presents a natural target for full refundability if the planned destination becomes unavailable.
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	Japan - IBWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Christianity itself has few followers in Japan proper, though in Corea, there are a number of Christians, along with Buddhists and followers of traditional beliefs.
		Due to the connection between the previous Republic of Ezo and the Russian Empire, Russian Orthodox Christianity is fairly common in Ezo.
		Japan uses its native system of weights and measures domestically, as well as the usual SI units for international trade.
	ib.frath.net /w/Japan (1346 words)

	List of English words of Russian origin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Many languages, including English, contain words possibly borrowed from Russian.
		the word came into English from the Russian word, biritch, which it its turn originates from a Turkic word for "bugler" (in modern Turkish: borucu, borazancı).
		For a list of words with Russian language origins, see the Russian derivations category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Russian_origin (380 words)

	Reviews from Neue Rheinische Zeitung Revue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Meanwhile, on the domestic front, the central government quietly continues to carry out minor bourgeois reforms: the centralization of the customs, coinage, posts, weights and measures — reforms which ensure the applause of the petty bourgeoisie.
		The National Assembly has the effrontery to threaten the people openly with the Russians, while there is already enough evidence to prove that Louis Napoleon is plotting with Tsar Nicholas.
		In August 1849 the Russian and Austrian governments jointly demanded from the Turkish government the extradition of Hungarians and Poles who had fled to Turkey after the defeat of Hungary.
	www.marxists.org /archive/marx/works/1850/01/31.htm (4836 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		China also decimalised its native measurement units and redefined them as even amounts of metric units.
		The [[Soviet Union]] changed from [[Obsolete Russian weights and measurestraditional units]] to metric in 1924.
		French territories in Africa were de facto metric while under French rule and kept the metric weights and measures laws when they became independent in the 1950s and 1960s.
	www.npg.org.uk /betsie/parser.pl/0126/en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metrication&action=edit§ion=4 (797 words)

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