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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The '''Imperial system''' was first defined in the British ''Weights and Measurements Act'' (which was refined up until 1959). Unlike the metric system (also known as Système international) the imperial system is not based on factors of ten.<br />
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== Length==<br />
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Thou, inch, foot, yard, chain, furlong, mile, league are units used when measuring [[length]].<br />
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*1 '''thou''' (th) (0.0254mm in the metric system)<br />
*1 '''inch''' (in) is equal to 1000 ''thou'' (25.4mm)<br />
*1 '''foot''' (ft) is equal to 12 ''inches'' (304.8mm)<br />
*1 '''yard''' (yd) is equal to 3 ''feet'' (914.4mm)<br />
*1 '''chain''' (ch) is equal to 22 ''yards'' (20.1168m)<br />
*1 '''furlong''' (fur) is equal to 10 ''chains'' (201.168m)<br />
*1 '''mile''' (mi) is equal to 8 ''furlongs'' (1 609.344m)<br />
*1 '''league''' (lea) is equal to 3 ''miles'' (1 828.032m) (no longer an offical unit in any nation)<br />
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== Area==<br />
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The most common unit used exclusively for [[area]] is acre.<br />
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*1 '''acre''' is equal to 1 ''furlong'' x 1 ''chain'' (0.4047 hectares)<br />
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== Volume==<br />
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Fluid ounce, gill, pint, quart and gallon are used when measuring [[volume]]. Imperial units for volume are different to the US measures.<br />
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== Mass ==<br />
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Grain, drachm, ounce, pound, stone, quarter, hundredweight and ton are units for [[mass]].<br />
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*1 '''ounce''' (oz) is equal to one sixteenth of a ''pound'' (28.349 523 125g). There are 16 ounces in 1 lb.<br />
*1 '''pound''' (lb) (453.592 37g)<br />
*1 '''stone''' (st) is equal to 14 ''lb'' (6.350 293 18kg)<br />
*1 '''hundredweight''' (cwt) is equal to 112 ''lb'' (50.802 345 44kg) (100 ''lb'' in the US)<br />
*1 '''ton''' (t) is equal to 2240 ''lb'' (1 016.046 9088kg) (2000 ''lb'' in the US)<br />
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== See also ==<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_system]</div>Bec m