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  2. French units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The "decimal hour" corresponded to 2 hr 24 min, the "decimal minute" to 1.44 min and the "decimal second" to 0.864 s. The implementation of decimal time proved an immense task and under the article 22 of the law of 18 Germinal, Year III (7 April 1795), the use of decimal time was no longer mandatory. [5] On 1 January 1806, France reverted to ...

  3. Traditional French units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    1 ⁄ 1728: 0.188 mm 7.401 thou 1 ⁄ 12 of a ligne. This unit is usually called the Truchet point in English. Prior to the French Revolution the Fournier point was also in use. It was 1 ⁄ 6 of a ligne or 1 ⁄ 864 of the smaller French foot. ligne: 1 ⁄ 144: 2.256 mm 88.81 thou 1 ⁄ 12 of a pouce. This corresponds to the line, a ...

  4. Vietnamese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Originally, many thước of varying lengths were in use in Vietnam, each used for different purposes. According to Hoàng Phê (1988), [1] the traditional system of units had at least two thước of different lengths before 1890, [2] the thước ta (lit. "our ruler") or thước mộc ("wooden ruler"), equal to 0.425 metres (1 ft 4.7 in), and the thước đo vải ("ruler for measuring ...

  5. French units - Wikipedia

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    French units could refer to any of: Units of measurement in France before the French Revolution, used in France until 1795. Mesures usuelles, used in France until 1839. The International System of Units, the present-day metric system of units. The French catheter scale, used for measuring the diameters of medical catheters.

  6. French catheter scale - Wikipedia

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    The French scale measures the outer diameter of the catheter, not the size of the internal drainage channel (inner diameter). For instance, a two-way catheter of 20 Fr and a three-way catheter of 20 Fr have the same outer diameter, but the three-way catheter has an additional channel for irrigation, reducing the size of its drainage channel.

  7. Mesures usuelles - Wikipedia

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    Mesures usuelles (French pronunciation: [məzyʁ yzɥɛl], customary measures) were a French system of measurement introduced by French Emperor Napoleon I in 1812 to act as compromise between the metric system and traditional measurements. The system was restricted to use in the retail industry and continued in use until 1840, when the laws of ...

  8. 2-Furoyl chloride - Wikipedia

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    2-Furoyl chloride is an acyl chloride of furan.It takes the form of a corrosive liquid, which is more irritating to the eyes than benzoyl chloride. [1] 2-Furoyl chloride is a useful pharmaceutical intermediate and is used in the synthesis of mometasone furoate, an antiinflammatory prodrug used in the treatment of skin disorders, hay fever and asthma.

  9. Methasone - Wikipedia

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    The methasones (or metasones) are a class of corticosteroids [1] which are generally used in dermatology.They are defined by substitution with a methyl group at the C16α or C16β position of the pregnane steroid nucleus.