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  2. Pound (mass) - Wikipedia

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    The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in both the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement.Various definitions have been used; the most common today is the international avoirdupois pound, which is legally defined as exactly 0.453 592 37 kilograms, and which is divided into 16 avoirdupois ounces. [1]

  3. Human body weight - Wikipedia

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    Human body weight is a person's mass or weight.. Strictly speaking, body weight is the measurement of mass without items located on the person. Practically though, body weight may be measured with clothes on, but without shoes or heavy accessories such as mobile phones and wallets, and using manual or digital weighing scales.

  4. Dutch units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    one Amsterdam pound (scale weight) (Amsterdams pond – waaggewicht) was 494.09 grams, one Gorinchem pound (Gorinchems pond) was 466 grams, one Utrecht heavy pound (Utrechts zwaar pond) was 497.8 grams. After the metric system was introduced in 1816, the word pond continued to be used, but for 1 kilogram.

  5. List of heaviest people - Wikipedia

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    445 kg 981 lb 70 st 1 lb 1.93 m 6 ft 4 in 119 In 2014 weighed 140 kg (310 lb; 22 st 1 lb), a total weight loss of 304 kg (670 lb; 47 st 12 lb). [29] 1960 Keith Martin [30] [31] United Kingdom: M 445 kg 981 lb 70 st 1 lb 1.69 m 5 ft 7 in 155 1970–2014 (44) Denny Welch [12] [32] United States: M 444 kg 979 lb 69 st 13 lb

  6. Bushel - Wikipedia

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    Wheat at 13.5% moisture by weight: 60 lb [7] (27.2155 kg) Soybeans at 13% moisture by weight: 60 lb [ 10 ] (27.2155 kg) Other specific values are defined (and those definitions may vary within different jurisdictions, including from state to state in the United States) for other grains, oilseeds, fruits, vegetables, coal, hair and many other ...

  7. “She Got Her Life Back”: 1000-lb Sisters Star Reveals ...

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    Tammy Slaton, star of the TLC reality show 1000-Lb. Sisters has shared an exciting update on her weight-loss journey.. The reality star now weighs 281.2 pounds (127 kg). A clip posted on the ...

  8. Slug (unit) - Wikipedia

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    One slug is a mass equal to 32.17405 lb (14.59390 kg) based on standard gravity, the international foot, and the avoirdupois pound. [3] In other words, at the Earth's surface (in standard gravity), an object with a mass of 1 slug weighs approximately 32.17405 lbf or 143.1173 N. [4] [5]

  9. Kilogram - Wikipedia

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    1793: The grave (the precursor of the kilogram) was defined as the mass of 1 litre (dm 3) of water, which was determined to be 18841 grains. [11] 1795: the gram (1 / 1000 of a kilogram) was provisionally defined as the mass of one cubic centimetre of water at the melting point of ice. [12] 1799: The Kilogramme des Archives was manufactured as a ...