… In the UK, the standard instruments were damaged in 1832, and new yard prototypes and avoirdupois pound prototypes were made, and a new system of units was established in 1878 based on them. This system is called the British imperial system. Its characteristics are that the units of volume are the same for both dry and liquid amounts, the imperial gallon is the base unit and the imperial bushel is double that, the fluid ounce is 1/5 gill, and the units of mass are unified to the avoirdupois except for the troy ounce. … *Some of the terminology that refers to the "British imperial system" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
… イギリスでは1832年に標準器が被災し,新しいヤード原器と常衡のポンド原器が作られ,それに基づいて78年に新単位系が制定された。この単位系を〈連合王国系British imperial system〉という。その特徴は,容量の単位が乾量,液量共通で,英ガロンを基本単位とし,英ブッシェルはその倍量単位であること,フルイドオンス(液量オンス)が1/5ジルであること,質量の単位が,トロイ・オンスを除き,常衡に統一されていることである。… ※「British imperial system」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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