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	Weights and measures - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		Early Babylonian and Egyptian records and the Bible indicate that length was first measured with the forearm, hand, or finger and that time was measured by the periods of the sun, moon, and other heavenly bodies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Weights_and_measures (2634 words)

	Legal metrology directory - Botswana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Weights and Measures Division was established in 1970, it has the responsibility of enforcing the Weights and Measures Act and protecting consumers from trade malpractice.
		Measuring instruments, weights or measures shall be accurate within the prescribed tolerances for the type of instruments as set out in the assize regulations.
		The Controller of Weights and Measures is the head of the division and is accountable to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
	www.sadc-sqam.org /NationalSQAM/Botswana/SADCMEL_Directory.htm (1099 words)

	English weights and measures: History
		An agreement to have a national standard of weights and measures was incorporated into the magna carta.
		This is the basis of the liquid measures still in use in the US of A. It must be said that this gallon is actually of Edward the first's time, the 1707 act really only clarifying its size.
		The famous 'weights and measures act (5 Geo IV c 74) established the 'Imperial' system of weights and measures.
	home.clara.net /brianp/history.html (342 words)

	Weights and Measures Guidelines for Sales at Farmers' Markets, Roadside Stands and Other Commercial Outlets , NF97-344 ...
		However, legal weights and measures are required at all times when selling to consumers at farmers' markets, roadside stands, or other commercial outlets.
		Weight statements must be net weight (the weight of the product excluding the weight of the wrapping material or container).
		In this case, you do need to determine how much weight is lost over the time period (under a consistent set of storage conditions) and add that much extra weight when preparing the package to be sure the net weight is accurate when it is sold.
	ianrpubs.unl.edu /horticulture/nf344.htm (1617 words)

	WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT, 1936 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		— (1) This Act may be cited as the Weights and Measures Act, 1936.
		(2) The Acts and this Act may be cited together as the Weights and Measures Acts, 1878 to 1936.
		One aluminium flat standard of one-half grain, marked with the weight thereof in grains, the figures "3545", the letters "G. R." surmounted by a crown, and a portcullis surmounted by the figures "1924".
	www.irishstatutebook.ie /1936_8.html (874 words)

	Nebraska Department of Agriculture
		The customary units of measurement in use in the United States and the metric units of measurement are jointly recognized, and either one or both of these systems shall be used in commerce within the state.
		The definitions of basic units of measurement and the tables of measurement and equivalents as published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology are recognized and shall govern weighing and measuring devices, standards, and transactions in the state.
		A weighing and measuring establishment receiving a placed-in-service report for all of its weighing and measuring devices, passing inspection by the department, or meeting the requirements of section 89-187.04 and otherwise found to qualify to hold a permit pursuant to subsection (1) of section 89-187.07 shall be issued a permit.
	www.agr.state.ne.us /regulate/wam/actaa.htm (5931 words)

	Description of Legislation Administered by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs - Weights and Measures Act 1987 and ...
		It also specifies physical standards to be used in weights and measures and in verifying weighing and measuring equipment.
		It requires all pre-packaged goods sold by weight, measure or number to have a statement of their weight, measure or number, and for goods to meet their stated quantity.
		It also specifies that net (not gross) weight or measure must be used in statements of weight or measure.
	www.med.govt.nz /about/pim/mca/legislation/legislation-03.html (731 words)

	WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT, 1928 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		—(1) Every stamp of verification under the Weights and Measures Acts, 1878 to 1904, shall be of a form, material, and design prescribed by the Minister by regulations made under this section with such variation of numbers or marks thereon as may be directed by the Minister by or under such regulations.
		—The references in section 83 of the Principal Act to the justices in petty sessions of the county and the justices shall be construed as references to the Minister and the said section shall have effect accordingly.
		—(1) Notwithstanding, anything in the Principal Act, the councils of the urban districts specified in the Schedule to this Act shall in their respective districts be the respective local authorities for the purposes of the Weights and Measures Acts, 1878 to 1904, as amended by this Act.
	www.irishstatutebook.ie /1928_3.html (2067 words)

	Legal metrology directory - Zambia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Weights and Measures Act lays down the hierarchy of standards used in the approval and verification process of weighing and measuring instruments used in trade to ensure traceability to the national standards.
		Verifies measurement instruments that are used in the domestic and export trades to ensure accuracy of measurement.
		The Weights and Measures Act and Regulations make provision for the manner in which goods are to be measured at the time of sale (over the counter) as well as pre-packaged goods and articles.
	www.sadc-sqam.org /NationalSQAM/Zambia/SADCMEL_Directory.htm (1467 words)

	Weights and Measures Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Notwithstanding section 7, the units of measurement set out and defined in Schedule III may be used to describe land in the Province of Quebec that was originally granted under seigneurial tenure.
		the unit for the measurement of a plane angle, being the angle with its vertex at the centre of a circle and subtended by an arc of the circle that is equal in length to its radius
		the unit for the measurement of a solid angle, being the angle with its vertex at the centre of a sphere and subtended by an area on the spherical surface equal to that of a square with sides equal in length to the radius
	laws.justice.gc.ca /en/W-6/text.html (5747 words)

	Weights and Measures (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2000
		Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly printed from this website are printed under the superintendence and authority of the Controller of HMSO being the Government Printer for Northern Ireland.
		It should be noted that the right to reproduce the text of Acts does not extend to the Government Printer for Northern Ireland imprints which should be removed from any copies of the Act which are issued or made available to the public.
		Braille copies of this Act can also be purchased at the same price as the print edition by contacting TSO Customer Services on 0870 600 5522 or e-mail:customer.services@tso.co.uk.
	www.northernireland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk /legislation/northernireland/acts/acts2000/20000005.htm (329 words)

	The Weights and Measures Act 1985 (Metrication) (Amendment) Order 1994 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Act is also amended to reflect the requirements of the Directive by the Units of Measurement Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2867) which should be read in conjunction with this Order to see how the Act's provisions as a whole are amended in implementation of the Directive.
		Section 8 of the Act is amended so as to make unlawful the use for trade of the pint, fluid ounce, pound or ounce except as supplementary indications of quantity or where a derogation which is reflected in section 8(2) permits their use as primary units.
		One of the most significant of the amendments made by this Order to the Act is made by article 4(2), the effect of which will be to prohibit, on and after 1st January 2000, the sale of fruit and vegetables loose from bulk by the pound.
	www.hmso.gov.uk /si/si1994/Uksi_19942866_en_3.htm (1015 words)

	Agriculture / Weights & Measures
		San Bernardino County was the first of seventeen counties to act on the 1881 State law creating these Boards in an effort to eradicate codling moth, scale pests and other insect pests of fruit trees and to prevent the spread of these pests by inspections and quarantines.
		This act established regular testing of scales and measures, required the County to appoint a person to perform these duties and provided that the person be paid five dollars per day.
		Prior to this act, inspection of scales and measures was a responsibility of the County Clerk.
	www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us /awm (375 words)

	WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT 1985 - HAMPSHIRE REGULATORY SERVICES - TRADING STANDARDS SERVICE - PRIMARY LAW (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This Act and its predecessors, have formed the backbone of the work of the Service in ensuring fair trade in the market place.
		The Act establishes a hierarchy of standards of weight, length, area, volume and capacity.
		The weight and correct labelling of all goods sold by quantity, is also controlled and the Service is involved in ensuring that consumers do not receive short weight, or measure and, in respect of pre-packed goods, that the EEC Average Quantity System is rigorously observed.
	forums.hants.gov.uk /regulatory/tradesta/law/weights.html (215 words)

	No. 3/1928: WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT, 1928 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		—This Act may be cited as the Weights and Measures Act, 1928, and shall be construed as one with the Weights and Measures Acts, 1878 to 1904, and those Acts and this Act may be cited together as the Weights and Measures Acts, 1878 to 1928.
		the expression "bottle to which this Act applies" means a bottle of a size for the time being prescribed under section 9 of the Intoxicating Liquor (General) Act, 1924 (No. 62 of 1924), for the sale of intoxicating liquor or any particular kind of intoxicating liquor in bottle;
		the expression "The Act of 1904" means the Weights and Measures Act, 1904.
	www.acts.ie /zza3y1928.1.html (244 words)

	Canadian Metrication
		It is the current policy of Measurement Canada, the agency responsible for "fair measurement for all," not to enforce the Weights and Measures
		Act and Regulations with regards to the use of metric units by grocers and home furnishing retailers.
		Without voluntary compliance by the marketplace to, or enforcement by Ottawa of the Weights and Measures Act and Regulations, the use of imperial units in Canada could continue for generations.
	members.shaw.ca /gw.peterson/metrication.html (1465 words)

	Weights and Measures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The weights and measures Act 1985 regulates the use of Weights and Measures used for trade.
		This can have a number of meanings but essentially it means that the item will have been packed using the average system of weights and measures.
		Essentially, the average weight of items produced in a batch (of normally 1 hour) has to be above the declared weight on the package.
	www.nelincs.gov.uk /AtoZ/atozDetail?ID=6852 (642 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Obituaries / Steve Thoburn; greengrocer fought metric system; at 39
		European Union rules that were adopted by the British Parliament allow fruit and vegetables to be labeled in both metric and imperial measures, but require that the produce be sold in grams and kilograms only.
		Thoburn was found guilty of breaching the Weights and Measures Act and given a conditional six-month discharge.
		The British Weights and Measures Association said that Mr.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2004/03/16/steve_thoburn_greengrocer_fought_metric_system_at_39 (387 words)

	Briefing to Incoming Ministers 2002: Vote Consumer Affairs - Appendix One: Legislation
		The Fair Trading Act aims to maximise consumer protection in the "pre-sale" period (before a purchase is made).
		The Weights and Measures Act protects New Zealand's system of metric weights and measures, and prescribes their use in the marketplace.
		It attempts to ensure that goods sold by weight, measure or number, are traded fairly and in accordance with internationally recognised principles.
	www.med.govt.nz /about/bim2002/cons-aff/cons-aff-04.html (403 words)

	The Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Weight or measure of the, first category to be presumed to be correct
		Non-metric weight or measure not to be imported.
		dard weight or measure or numeral, shall be used as a standard weight, measure or numeral.
	fcamin.nic.in /wm_1976.htm (12246 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Magazine \| Will we ever go completely metric?
		A generation of children is being taught to give their weight in kilograms, to measure their height in centimetres and to think of their drinks in litres.
		In 2001 Steve Thoburn hit the headlines when he was convicted of selling bananas only by the pound, under an amendment to the 1985 Weights and Measures Act, which stipulated that customers must be told the metric weight of all loose food.
		It ties in with itself well, for example: 1 kilogram is the exact weight of 1 litre of water, which has the exact volume of 1 cubic decimeter.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3934353.stm (2496 words)

	Ministry of Consumer Affairs - Media Centre - Media releases - KFC Underweight Again
		Restaurant Brands Limited, trading as KFC, was fined $13,630 in the Auckland District Court today after pleading guilty to 21 breaches of the Weights and Measures Act 1987.
		Short weight bean salads were found in Auckland KFC outlets at Botany Downs, Glen Innes and Balmoral.
		Consumers who are concerned they have been sold short weight or measure goods should contact their nearest Ministry of Consumer Affairs Trading Standards Service listed in the blue pages of their telephone book.
	www.consumeraffairs.govt.nz /mediacentre/mediareleases/2002/kfc2002.html (275 words)

	The Weights and Measures Act 1985 (Metrication) (Amendment) Order 1994
		The text of this Internet version of the Statutory Instrument which is published by the Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament has been prepared to reflect the text as it was Made.
		Whereas the Secretary of State pursuant to section 86(2) of the Weights and Measures Act 1985
		This Order may be cited as the Weights and Measures Act 1985 (Metrication) (Amendment) Order 1994 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
	www.hmso.gov.uk /si/si1994/Uksi_19942866_en_1.htm (1237 words)

	Development of Weights and Measures act. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Number 8 of 1936: Weights and Measures Act
		Dáil Éireann - Volume 60 - 20 February, 1936 - Weights and Measures Bill, 1936—Committee and Final Stages.
		Seanad Éireann - Volume 20 - 11 March, 1936 - Weights and Measures Bill, 1936—Committee and Final Stages.
	www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie /billlinks/en.billlink.act.1936.0008.html (93 words)

	Weights and Measures Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Act of the 1834 Session requires extensive alteration, and a Bill should be brought forward to repeal it, and another prepared to replace it.
		Twenty-seven witnesses gave evidence, including traders in lime, government and legal officers, makers of weights and measures, and inspectors of weights and measures
		Five tables of various costs and charges for the manufacture of weights
	www.bopcris.ac.uk /bop1833/ref1550.html (70 words)

	NIST Weights and Measures Division: Home Page
		Report of the 89th National Conference on Weights and Measures (SP1028, 2004)
		Committee Reports for the 90th National Conference on Weights and Measures, July 2005 (Pub.
		If Adobe Acrobat Reader is not accessible, you may request a paper copy from the Weights and Measures Division.
	ts.nist.gov /ts/htdocs/230/235/owmhome.htm (381 words)

	Scale Direct Scotland weigh Control Systems for the food industry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ever since the 13th century, weights and measures has played a vital role in trade, both nationally and internationally.
		Almost all trade is subject to weights and measures legislation and the Weights and Measures Act
		The legislation established a standard of weight, area, length, volume, and capacity.
	www.scaledirect.co.uk /WM1.htm (118 words)

	Measurement Canada - Consolidation of the Weights and Measures Act
		Measurement Canada - Consolidation of the Weights and Measures Act
		Measurement Canada is not responsible for the accuracy, reliability or currency of information provided by external sources.
		Users wishing to rely upon this information should consult directly with the source of the information.
	strategis.ic.gc.ca /epic/internet/inmc-mc.nsf/vwGeneratedInterE/lm01676e.html (43 words)

	Managing Information News
		National Weights and Measures Laboratory (NWML), founded as the Board of Trade Standards Department in 1869, has installed electronic document and records management software from TOWER Software.
		David Williams, the Agency Records Officer at National Weights and Measures explains, “The project was initiated last year in order to meet e-government requirements.
		We were keen to follow the National Archives route map, so looked at all of the systems already tested and approved by them.
	www.managinginformation.com /news/content_show_full.php?id=4149 (437 words)

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