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  2. Gram - Wikipedia

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    U.S. customary. 0.0352740 ounces. Atomic mass units. 6.022 140 76 × 1023 Da. The gram (originally gramme; [1] SI unit symbol g) is a unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one thousandth of a kilogram . Originally defined as of 1795 as "the absolute weight of a volume of pure water equal to the cube of the hundredth ...

  3. Ounce - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish ounce (Spanish onza) was 1 ⁄ 16 of a pound, i.e. 28.75 g. Tower ounce. The Tower ounce of 450 grains (29 grams) was a fraction of the tower pound used in the English mints, the principal one being in the Tower of London. It dates back to the Anglo-Saxon coinage weight standard.

  4. American Gold Eagle - Wikipedia

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    Design date. 2021. Design used. 2021–present. The American Gold Eagle is an official gold bullion coin of the United States. Authorized under the Gold Bullion Coin Act of 1985, it was first released by the United States Mint in 1986. Because the term "eagle" also is the official United States designation for pre-1933 ten dollars gold coins ...

  5. Troy weight - Wikipedia

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    Troy ounce is a traditional unit of gold weight. Troy weight is a system of units of mass that originated in 15th-century Kingdom of England [1] and is primarily used in the precious metals industry. The troy weight units are the grain, the pennyweight (24 grains), the troy ounce (20 pennyweights), and the troy pound (12 troy ounces).

  6. Canadian Gold Maple Leaf - Wikipedia

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    1 ⁄ 20 oz, 1 ⁄ 10 oz, 1 ⁄ 4 oz, 1 oz - all packaged in a wooden box Olympic Maple Leaf [ edit ] The Royal Canadian Mint and the International Olympic Committee reached an agreement on Olympic Gold and Silver Maple Leaf coins on August 3, 2007, and the agreement allowed the RCM to strike bullion coins with the emblems of the 2010 Winter ...

  7. Standard drink - Wikipedia

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    Standard drink. United States standard drinks of beer, malt liquor, wine, and spirits compared. Each contains about 14 grams or 17.7 ml of ethanol. A standard drink or (in the UK) unit of alcohol is a measure of alcohol consumption representing a fixed amount of pure alcohol. The notion is used in relation to recommendations about alcohol ...

  8. Cooking weights and measures - Wikipedia

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    In Canada, a teaspoon is historically 1⁄6 imperial fluid ounce (4.74 mL) and a tablespoon is 1⁄2 imperial fl oz (14.21 mL). In both Britain and Canada, cooking utensils come in 5 mL for teaspoons and 15 mL for tablespoons, hence why it is labelled as that on the chart. The volumetric measures here are for comparison only.

  9. Avoirdupois - Wikipedia

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    Such scales are used to make the most accurate of fine measurements, such as in the needs of empirical chemistry. Avoirdupois ( / ˌævərdəˈpɔɪz, ˌævwɑːrdjuːˈpwɑː /; [1] abbreviated avdp.) [2] is a measurement system of weights that uses pounds and ounces as units. [3] [4] It was first commonly used in the 13th century AD and was ...