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  2. Alcohol measurements - Wikipedia

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    Beer bottles in the UK were rounded down to 550 mL after standard metrication was introduced in 1995, later changed to 500 mL by January 1, 2000. After December 31, 1999, the imperial pint was no longer considered a legal measure except for draught beer, cider, and milk in reusable pint and quart bottles. Sixth (US) 651 mL: 22 US fl oz: 1.14 imp pt

  3. Cooking weights and measures - Wikipedia

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    Canadian Weights and Measures Act ( R.S., 1985, c. W-6 ) Australian National Measurement Regulations 1999; UK Weights and Measures Act 1985; U.S. NIST Guide to SI Units metric conversions → see Appendix B.9; U.S. NIST Household Weights and Measures Chart Abbreviated or rounded figures.

  4. Pint - Wikipedia

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    The United States dry pint is equal to one eighth of a United States dry gallon. It is used in the United States, but is not as common as the liquid pint. A now-obsolete unit of measurement in Scotland, known as the Scottish pint, or joug, is equal to 1696 mL (2 pints 19.69 imp fl oz). It remained in use until the 19th century, surviving ...

  5. Imperial and US customary measurement systems - Wikipedia

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    Draught beer is one of the few commodities in the United Kingdom that is still sold by the imperial pint. The Weights and Measures Act 1878 overhauled the inspection regime of weights and measures used in trade. The act also reaffirmed the use of the brass standard yard and platinum standard pound as the standards for use in the United Kingdom ...

  6. Comparison of the imperial and US customary measurement ...

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    The table of imperial avoirdupois mass is the same as the United States table up to one pound, but above that point, the tables differ. The imperial system has a hundredweight, defined as eight stone of 14 lb each, or 112 lb ( 50.802 345 44 kg ), whereas a US hundredweight is 100 lb ( 45.359 237 kg ).

  7. Approximate measures - Wikipedia

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    table-spoon; dessert-spoon; tea-spoon; black-jack; demijohn (dame-jeanne) goblet; pitcher; gyllot (about equal to 1/2 gill) noggin (1/4 pint) [8] nipperkin (measure for liquor, containing no more than 1/2 pint) tumblerful (10 fl oz or 2 gills or 2 teacupsful) apothecaries' approximate measures [9] teacupful = about 4 fl oz; wineglassful = about ...

  8. United States customary units - Wikipedia

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    Executive Order 12770, signed by President George H. W. Bush on July 25, 1991, citing the Metric Conversion Act, directed departments and agencies within the executive branch of the United States Government to "take all appropriate measures within their authority" to use the metric system "as the preferred system of weights and measures for ...

  9. Alcoholic spirits measure - Wikipedia

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    The optic or non-drip measure is mounted beneath an inverted spirit bottle, so that a pre-defined volume of the bottle's contents drains into the measure. Lifting a lever on the side of the measure first closes off the measure from the bottle, then dispenses the measured liquid into the glass or mixing vessel held underneath.