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  2. Candy making - Wikipedia

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    Candy making is the preparation and cookery of candies and sugar confections. Candy making includes the preparation of many various candies, such as hard candies , jelly beans , gumdrops , taffy , liquorice , cotton candy , chocolates and chocolate truffles , dragées , fudge , caramel candy , and toffee .

  3. Egyptian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    A number of units were used to measure capacity. One keddah was equal to 2.0625 L, according to the metric equivalences defined in 1891. [1] [2] Some other units according to the metric equivalences defined in 1891 are given below: [1] [2] 1 kirat = 1 ⁄ 32 keddah 1 khanoubah = 1 ⁄ 16 keddah 1 toumnah = 1 ⁄ 8 keddah 1 robhah = 1 ⁄ 4 keddah

  4. Ancient Egyptian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Egyptian units of length are attested from the Early Dynastic Period.Although it dates to the 5th dynasty, the Palermo stone recorded the level of the Nile River during the reign of the Early Dynastic pharaoh Djer, when the height of the Nile was recorded as 6 cubits and 1 palm [1] (about 3.217 m or 10 ft 6.7 in).

  5. Candy - Wikipedia

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    Candy, alternatively called sweets or lollies, [a] is a confection that features sugar as a principal ingredient. The category, also called sugar confectionery, encompasses any sweet confection, including chocolate, chewing gum, and sugar candy.

  6. International System of Units - Wikipedia

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    Here the metric prefix 'kilo-' (symbol 'k') stands for a factor of 1000; thus, 1 km = 1000 m. The SI provides twenty-four metric prefixes that signify decimal powers ranging from 10 −30 to 10 30, the most recent being adopted in 2022.

  7. Pyramid inch - Wikipedia

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    More than a century later, Greaves' measurements and additional measurements made by French engineers during Napoleon's campaign in Egypt and Syria, were studied by John Taylor (1781–1864). Taylor claimed that the measurements indicated that the ancients had used a unit of measure about 1/1000 greater than a modern British inch .

  8. Ancient Arabic units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    إصبع: 1 ⁄ 16 Arabic foot ~2.25 cm A finger-length Qabḍhah قبضة: 1 ⁄ 4 Arabic foot ~9 cm A palm-length Arabic foot قدم عربية ~32 cm Dhira ذراع: cubit: traditionally 2 Arabic feet, later 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 Arabic feet

  9. Starch mogul - Wikipedia

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    Gummy bears are produced using a starch mogul.. A starch mogul is a machine that makes shaped candies or candy centers from syrups or gels, such as gummi candy. [1] These softer candies and centers are made by filling a tray with cornstarch, stamping the desired shape into the starch, and then pouring the filling or gel into the holes made by the stamp.