Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures

Weight.- 3.3.2.4.1 US AvoirdupoisWeight.- 3.3.2.4.2 US Apothecaries' Weight.- 3.3.2.4.3 US Troy Weight.- 3.3.3 Obsolete Weight and Capacity Measures.- 3.3.3.1 UK Units of Weight for Butter and Cheese.- 3.3.3.2 UK Units for Beer, Wines and Spirits.- 3.3.3.3 UK Units of Weight for Coal.- 3.3.3.4 UK Units for Clothes.- 3.3.3.5 UK and US Hay and Straw Weights.- 3.3.3.6 UK Weight for Wool.- 3.3.3.7 US Units of Capacity Used in Food Recipes.- 3.3.3.8 US Units of Capacity for Wine.- 3.3.3.9 Modern UK and US Dimensionless Units for Numbers of Paper Sheets 51 3.3.3.10 Old UK and US Dimensionless Units for Numbers of Paper Sheets.- 3.3.3.11 Old US Units for Measuring the Volume of Stacked Firewood.- 3.3.3.12 UK and US Dimensionless Counting Units.- 3.4 The Foot-Pound-Second (FPS) System.- 3.5 Ancient and Obsolete Systems of Weights and Measures.- 3.5.1 Systems from Antiquity.- 3.5.1.1 The Chinese System.- 3.5.1.1.1 Old Chinese Units of Length.- 3.5.1.1.2 Old Chinese Units of Area.- 3.5.1.1.3 Old Chinese Units of Weight.- 3.5.1.1.4 Old Chinese Units of Capacity.- 3.5.1.2 The Indian System.- 3.5.1.2.1 Old Indian Units of Length.- 3.5.1.2.2 Indian Units of Weight.- 3.5.1.2.3 Indian Units of Capacity.- 3.5.1.3 The Egyptian System.- 3.5.1.3.1 Egyptian Units of Length.- 3.5.1.3.2 Egyptian Units of Area.- 3.5.1.3.3 Egyptian Units of Weight.- 3.5.1.3.4 Egyptian Units of Capacity.- 3.5.1.4 The Assyrio-Chaldean-Persian System.- 3.5.1.4.1 Persian Units of Length.- 3.5.1.4.2 Persian Units of Area.- 3.5.1.4.3 Persian Units of Weight.- 3.5.1.4.4 Persian Units of Capacity.- 3.5.1.5 The Hebrew System.- 3.5.1.5.1 Hebrew Units of Length.- 3.5.1.5.2 Hebrew Units of Weight (Sacred System).- 3.5.1.5.3 Hebrew Units of Weight (Talmudic or Rabbinical System).- 3.5.1.5.4 Hebrew Units of Capacity (Dry).- 3.5.1.5.5 Hebrew Units of Capacity (Liquids).- 3.5.1.6 The Greek System (Attic).- 3.5.1.6.1 Greek Units of Length.- 3.5.1.6.2 Greek Units of Weight.- 3.5.1.6.3 Greek Units of Capacity (Dry).- 3.5.1.6.4 Greek Units of Capacity (Liquids).- 3.5.1.7 The Roman System.- 3.5.1.7.1 Roman Units of Length.- 3.5.1.7.2 Roman Units of Area.- 3.5.1.7.3 Roman Units of Weight.- 3.5.1.7.4 Roman Units of Capacity (Dry).- 3.5.1.7.5 Roman Units of Capacity (Liquids).- 3.5.1.8 The Arabic System.- 3.5.1.8.1 Arabic Units of Length.- 3.5.1.8.2 Arabic Units of Area.- 3.5.1.8.3 Arabic Units of Weight (System of the Prophet).- 3.5.1.8.4 Arabic Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2 Obsolete National and Regional Systems.- 3.5.2.1 Western and Southern Europe.- 3.5.2.1.1 Old French System (Ancien Regime).- 3.5.2.1.1.1 Old French Units of Length.- 3.5.2.1.1.2 Old French Units of Area.- 3.5.2.1.1.3 Old French Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.1.1.4 Old French Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.1.2 Old French System (1812-1840).- 3.5.2.1.2.1 Old French Units of Length (Metric).- 3.5.2.1.2.2 Old French Units of Weight (Metric).- 3.5.2.1.3 Old Belgian System8.- 3.5.2.1.3.1 Old Belgian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.1.3.2 Old Belgian Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.1.4 Old Swiss System.- 3.5.2.1.4.1 Old Swiss Units of Length.- 3.5.2.1.4.2 Old Swiss Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.1.4.3 Old Swiss Units of Weight (Apoth.).- 3.5.2.1.5 Old Scottish System.- 3.5.2.1.5.1 Old Scottish Units of Length.- 3.5.2.1.5.2 Old Scottish Units of Surface Area.- 3.5.2.1.5.3 Old Scottish Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.1.5.4 Old Scottish Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.1.6 Old Irish System.- 3.5.2.1.6.1 Old Irish Units of Length.- 3.5.2.1.6.2 Old Irish Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.1.7 Old Italian System.- 3.5.2.1.7.1 Old Italian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.1.7.2 Old Italian Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.1.7.3 Old Italian Measures (Regional Variations).- 3.5.2.1.8 Old Spanish System (Castillian).- 3.5.2.1.8.1 Old Spanish Units of Length.- 3.5.2.1.8.2 Old Spanish Units of Area.- 3.5.2.1.8.3 Old Spanish Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.1.8.4 Old Spanish Units of Capacity (Liquids).- 3.5.2.1.8.5 Old Spanish Units of Capacity (Dry).- 3.5.2.1.9 Old Portuguese System.- 3.5.2.1.9.1 Old Portuguese Units of Length.- 3.5.2.1.9.2 Old Portuguese Units of Area.- 3.5.2.1.9.3 Old Portuguese Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.1.9.4 Old Portuguese Units of Capacity (Dry).- 3.5.2.1.9.5 Old Portuguese Units of Capacity (Liquids).- 3.5.2.1.10 Old Maltese System.- 3.5.2.1.10.1 Old Maltese Units of Length.- 3.5.2.1.10.2 Old Maltese Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.1.10.3 Old Maltese Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.1.11 Old Balearic Islands System.- 3.5.2.1.11.1 Old Balearic Units of Length.- 3.5.2.1.11.2 Old Balearic Units of Capacity (Liquids).- 3.5.2.1.11.3 Old Balearic Units of Capacity (Dry).- 3.5.2.1.11.4 Old Balearic Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.1.12 Old Greek System.- 3.5.2.1.12.1 Old Greek Units of Length.- 3.5.2.1.12.2 Old Greek Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.1.12.3 Old Greek Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.1.13 Old Cypriot System.- 3.5.2.1.13.1 Old Cypriot Units of Length and Area.- 3.5.2.1.13.2 Old Cypriot Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.1.13.3 Old Cypriot Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.1.14 Old Turkish System.- 3.5.2.1.14.1 Old Turkish Units of Length.- 3.5.2.1.14.2 Old Turkish Units of Area.- 3.5.2.1.14.3 Old Turkish Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.1.14.4 Old Turkish Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.2 Central and Northern Europe.- 3.5.2.2.1 Old Austrian System.- 3.5.2.2.1.1 Old Austrian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.2.1.2 Old Austrian Units of Surface Area...- 3.5.2.2.1.3 Old Austrian Units of Capacity (Liquids).- 3.5.2.2.1.4 Old Austrian Units of Capacity (Dry).- 3.5.2.2.1.5 Old Austrian Units of Weight (Ordinary).- 3.5.2.2.1.6 Old Austrian Units of Weight (Apothecary).- 3.5.2.2.2 Old German System (Prussian).- 3.5.2.2.2.1 Old German Units of Length.- 3.5.2.2.2.2 Old German Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.2.2.3 Old German Units of Capacity (Dry).- 3.5.2.2.2.4 Old German Units of Capacity (Liquids).- 3.5.2.2.3 Old Yugoslavian System.- 3.5.2.2.3.1 Old Yugoslavian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.2.3.2 Old Yugoslavian Units of Surface Area.- 3.5.2.2.3.3 Old Yugoslavian Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.2.4 Old Czechoslovakian System.- 3.5.2.2.4.1 Old Czechoslovakian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.2.4.2 Old Czechoslovakian Units of Surface Area.- 3.5.2.2.4.3 Old Czechoslovakian Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.2.5 Old Hungarian System.- 3.5.2.2.5.1 Old Hungarian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.2.5.2 Old Hungarian Units of Surface Area.- 3.5.2.2.5.3 Old Hungarian Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.2.6 Old Romanian Systen.- 3.5.2.2.6.1 Old Romanian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.2.6.2 Old Romanian Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.2.6.3 Old Romanian Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.2.7 Old Dutch System.- 3.5.2.2.7.1 Old Dutch Units of Length.- 3.5.2.2.7.2 Old Dutch Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.2.7.3 Old Dutch Units of Capacity (Dry).- 3.5.2.2.7.4 Old Dutch Units of Capacity (Liquids).- 3.5.2.2.8 Old Danish System.- 3.5.2.2.8.1 Old Danish Units of Length.- 3.5.2.2.8.2 Old Danish Units of Surface Area.- 3.5.2.2.8.3 Old Danish Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.2.8.4 Old Danish Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.2.9 Old Polish System.- 3.5.2.2.9.1 Old Polish Units of Length.- 3.5.2.2.9.2 Old Polish Units of Surface Area.- 3.5.2.2.9.3 Old Polish Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.2.9.4 Old Polish Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.2.10 Old Swedish System.- 3.5.2.2.10.1 Old Swedish Units of Length.- 3.5.2.2.10.2 Old Swedish Units of Area.- 3.5.2.2.10.3 Old Swedish Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.2.10.4 Old Swedish Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.2.11 Old Norwegian System.- 3.5.2.2.11.1 Miscellaneous Old Norwegian Units.- 3.5.2.2.12 Old Finnish System.- 3.5.2.2.12.1 Old Finnish Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.2.13 Old IcelandicSystem.- 3.5.2.2.13.1 Old Icelandic Units of Length.- 3.5.2.2.13.2 Old Icelandic Units of Area.- 3.5.2.2.13.3Old Icelandic Units of Capacity (Dry).- 3.5.2.2.13.4Old Icelandic Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.2.14 Old Estonian System.- 3.5.2.2.14.1 Old Estonian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.2.14.2 Old Estonian Units of Surface Area.- 3.5.2.2.14.3 Old Estonian Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.2.14.4 Old Estonian Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.2.15 Old Latvian System.- 3.5.2.2.15.1 Old Latvian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.2.15.2 Old Latvian Units of Area.- 3.5.2.2.15.3 Old Latvian Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.2.15.4 Old Latvian Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.2.16 Old RussianSystem.- 3.5.2.2.16.1 Old Russian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.2.16.2 Old Russian Units of Weight(Ordinary).- 3.5.2.2.16.3 Old Russian Units of Weight (Apothecary).- 3.5.2.2.16.4 Old Russian Units of Capacity (Dry).- 3.5.2.2.16.5 Old Russian Units of Capacity (Liquids).- 3.5.2.3 Africa.- 3.5.2.3.1 Old Moroccan System.- 3.5.2.3.1.1 Old Moroccan Units of Length.- 3.5.2.3.1.2 Old Moroccan Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.3.1.3 Old Moroccan Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.3.2 Old Algerian System.- 3.5.2.3.2.1 Old Algerian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.3.2.2 Old Algerian Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.3.2.3 Old Algerian Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.3.3 Old Tunisian System.- 3.5.2.3.3.1 Old Tunisian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.3.3.2 Old Tunisian Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.3.3.3 Old Tunisian Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.3.4 Old Libyan System.- 3.5.2.3.4.1 Old Libyan Units of Length.- 3.5.2.3.4.2 Old Libyan Units of Area.- 3.5.2.3.4.3 Old Libyan Units of Capacity (Liquids).- 3.5.2.3.4.4 Old Libyan Units of Capacity (Dry).- 3.5.2.3.4.5 Old Libyan Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.3.4 Old Egyptian System.- 3.5.2.3.5.1 Old Egyptian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.3.5.2 Old Egyptian Units of Area.- 3.5.2.3.5.3 Old Egyptian Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.3.5.4 Old Egyptian Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.3.6 Old Abyssinian System.- 3.5.2.3.6.1 Old Abyssinian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.3.6.2 Old Abyssinian Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.3.6.3 Old Abyssinian Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.3.7 Old Eritrean System.- 3.5.2.3.7.1 Old Eritrean Units of Length.- 3.5.2.3.7.2 Old Eritrean Units of Capstem.- 3.5.2.3.7.3 Old Eritrean Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.3.8 Old Ethiopian System.- 3.5.2.3.8.1 Old Ethiopian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.3.8.2 Old Ethiopian Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.3.9 Old Somalian System.- 3.5.2.3.9.1 Old Somalian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.3.9.2 Oldacity.- 3.5.2.3.9.3 Old Eritrean Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.3.10 Old Guinean System.- 3.5.2.3.10.1 Old Guinean Units of Length.- 3.5.2.3.10.2 Old Guinean Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.4 Middle East and Asia.- 3.5.2.4.1 Old Saudi-Arabian System.- 3.5.2.4.1.1 Old Saudi-Arabian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.4.1.2 Old Saudi-Arabian Units of Capacity (Liquids).- 3.5.2.4.1.3 Old Saudi-Arabian Units of Capacity (Dry).- 3.5.2.4.1.4 Old Saudi-Arabian Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.4.2 Old Persian System.- 3.5.2.4.2.1 Old Persian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.4.2.2 Old Persian Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.4.2.3 Old Persian Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.4.3 Old Syrian System.- 3.5.2.4.3.1 Old Syrian Unit of Length.- 3.5.2.4.3.2 Old Syrian Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.4.3.3 Old Syrian Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.4.4 Old Turkmenian System.- 3.5.2.4.4.1 Old Turkmenian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.4.4.2 Old Turkmenian Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.4.5 Old Indian System.- 3.5.2.4.5.1Old Indian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.4.5.2Old Indian Units of Area.- 3.5.2.4.5.3 Old Indian Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.4.5.4 Old Indian Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.4.6 Old Burmese System.- 3.5.2.4.6.1 Old Burmese Units of Length.- 3.5.2.4.6.2 Old Burmese Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.4.6.3 Old Burmese Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.4.7 Old Ceylonese and Madrasian System.- 3.5.2.4.7.1 Old Ceylonese and Madrasian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.4.7.2 Old Ceylonese and Madrasian Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.4.8 Old Annamese System.- 3.5.2.4.8.1 Old Annamese Units of Length.- 3.5.2.4.8.2 Old Annamese Units of Area.- 3.5.2.4.8.3 Old Annamese Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.4.8.4 Old Annamese Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.4.9 Old Cambodian System.- 3.5.2.4.9.1 Old Cambodian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.4.9.2 Old Cambodian Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.4.9.3 Old Cambodian Units of Weigh.- 3.5.2.4.10 Old Thai System.- 3.5.2.4.10.1 Old Thai Units of Length.- 3.5.2.4.10.2 Old Thai Units of Area.- 3.5.2.4.10.3 Old Thai Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.4.10.4 Old Thai Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.4.11Old Indonesian System.- 3.5.2.4.11.1 Old Indonesian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.4.11.2 Old Indonesian Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.4.11.3 Old Indonesian Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.4.12 Old Philippine System.- 3.5.2.4.12.1 Old Philippine Units of Area.- 3.5.2.4.12.2 Old Philippine Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.4.12.3 Old Philippine Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.4.13 Old Japanese System.- 3.5.2.4.13.1 Old Japanese Units of Length.- 3.5.2.4.13.2 Old Japanese Units of Area.- 3.5.2.4.13.3 Old Japanese Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.4.13.4 Old Japanese Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.5 Central and South America.- 3.5.2.5.1 Old Cuban System.- 3.5.2.5.1.1 Old Cuban Units of Area.- 3.5.2.5.1.2 Old Cuban Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.5.2 Old Haitian System.- 3.5.2.5.2.1 Old Haitian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.5.2.2 Old Haitian Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.5.3 Old Honduran, Costa-Rican, Nicaraguan, Salvadoran, and Guatemalan System 15.- 3.5.2.5.3.1 Old Honduran, Costa-Rican, Nicaraguan, Salvadorian, and Guatemalan.- Units of Length.- 3.5.2.5.3.2 Old Honduran, Costa-Rican, Nicaraguan, Salvadorian, and Guatemalan Units of Area.- 3.5.2.5.3.3 Old Honduran, Costa-Rican, Nicaraguan, Salvadorian, and Guatemalan Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.5.3.4 Old Honduran, Costa-Rican, Nicaraguan, Salvadorian, and Guatemalan Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.5.4 Old Venezuelan System.- 3.5.2.5.4.1 Old Venezuelan Units of Length.- 3.5.2.5.4.2 Old Venezuelan Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.5.5 Old Colombian System.- 3.5.2.5.5.1 Old Colombian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.5.5.2 Old Colombian Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.5.6 Old Brazilian System.- 3.5.2.5.6.1 Old Brazilian Units of Length.- 3.5.2.5.6.2 Old Brazilian Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.5.6.3 Old Brazilian Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.5.7 Old Paraguayan System.- 3.5.2.5.7.1 Old Paraguayan Units of Length.- 3.5.2.5.7.2 Old Paraguayan Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.5.7.3 Old Paraguayan Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.5.8 Old Argentinan System.- 3.5.2.5.8.1 Old Argentinan Units of Length.- 3.5.2.5.8.2 Old Argentinan Units of Capacity (Liquids).- 3.5.2.5.8.3 Old Argentinan Units of Capacity (Dry).- 3.5.2.5.8.4 Old Argentinan Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.5.9 Old Chilean System.- 3.5.2.5.9.1 Old Chilean Units of Length.- 3.5.2.5.9.2 Old Chilean Units of Capacity.- 3.5.2.5.9.3 Old Chilean Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.5.10 Old Peruvian System.- 3.5.2.5.10.1 Old Peruvian Units of Length and Area.- 3.5.2.5.10.2 Old Peruvian Units of Weight.- 3.5.2.6 North America.- 3.5.2.6.1 Old Mexican System.- 3.5.2.6.1.1 Old Mexican Units of Length.- 3.5.2.6.1.2 Old Mexican System Units of Area.- 3.5.2.6.1.3 Old Mexican Units of Capacity (Liquids).- 3.5.2.6.1.4 Old Mexican Units of Capacity (Dry).- 3.5.2.6.1.5 Old Mexican Units of Weight.- 4 Conversion Tables.- 4.1 Units in Alphabetical Order.- 4.2 Conversion Tables Listed by Physical Quantities.- 4.2.1 Conversion Tables for Units of Mass.- 4.2.2 Conversion Tables for Units of Length.- 4.2.3 Conversion Tables for Units of Area.- 4.2.4 Conversion Tables for Units of Volume and Capacity.- 4.2.5 Conversion Table for Units of Linear Density.- 4.2.6 Conversion Table for Units of Surface Mass Density.- 4.2.7 Conversion Table for Units of Mass Density.- 4.2.8 Conversion Table for Units of Specific Gravity.- 4.2.9 Conversion Table for Units of Time.- 4.2.10 Conversion Table for Units of Dynamic Viscosity.- 4.2.11 Conversion Table for Units of Kinematic Viscosity.- 4.2.12 Conversion Table for Units of Linear Velocity.- 4.2.13 Conversion Table for Units of Angular Velocity.- 4.2.14 Conversion Table for Units of Force.- 4.2.15 Conversion Table for Units of Pressure and Strees.- 4.2.16 Conversion Table for Units of Energy, Heat and Work.- 4.2.17 Conversion Table for Units of Power.- 4.2.18 Conversion Table for Units of Plane and Solid Angle.- 4.2.19 Conversion Table for Units of Thermal Conductivity.- 4.2.20 Conversion Tables for Units of Concentration.- 4.2.21 Conversion Table for Units of Temperature.- 4.2.22 Conversion Table for Electrical Units.- 4.2.23 Conversion Table for Units Used in Magnetism.- 4.2.24 Conversion Table for PhotometricUnits.- 4.2.25 Conversion Table for Units Used in Nuclear Sciences.- 4.2.26 Conversion Table for Energy Equivalents for Electromagnetic Radiation.- 4.2.27 Conversion Table for Ideal Gas Constant in Various Units.- 4.2.28 Conversion Table for Dimensions for Permeability Coefficients.- 4.2.29 Conversion Table for International Kinematic Viscosity Indices.- 4.2.30 Conversion Table for Standard Sieve Designation Series.- 4.2.31 Conversion Table for International Standard Wire and Sheet Gauges.- 4.2.32 Conversion Table for Normal Pipe Sizes.- 5 Fundamental Constants.- 5.1 Fundamental Mathematical Constants.- 5.2 Fundamental Physical Constants.- 6 Appendices.- 6.1 Greek Alphaber.- 6.2 Roman Numerals.- 6.3 Rules about Large Numbers (> 1000 000).- 6.4 Date and Time Numerical Representation.- 6.5 National, Regional and International Standardization Bodies.- 6.5.1 International Standards Bodies.- 6.5.2 National Standards Bodies Worldwide.- 6.5.2.1 National Standards Bodies.- 6.5.2.2 US Standards and Standardizations Bodies, Technical Associations and Societies.- 6.6 Acceleration Due to Gravity at any Latitude and Elevation.- 6.7 International Practical Temperature Scale (IPTS, 1968).- 6.8 International Temperature Scale (ITS-90).- 6.9 French-English Lexicon for Units.- 6.10 French-English Lexicon for Physical Quantities.- 6.11 International Clothing and Shoe Sizes (US, UK, Europe, and Japan).- 6.12 Common Time Acronyms.- 6.13 Old Alchemical Symbols Used in Astronomy, Chemistry, and Biology.- 6.14 International Geological Time Scale.- 6.15 Old Symbols Used in the British System.- 6.16 Electromagnetic Spectrum.- 6.17 Standard Paper Sizes (ISO and US).- 6.18 International Country Code Designations.- 6.19 International Currency Codes.- 7 Bibliography.- 7.1 Specific References.- 7.2 References About the Metric System and the SI.- 7.3 References of General Interest.- 7.4 Historical References.- 7.5 International and National Standards.