 Unpresumptuous
Agnostic Conversions! - Isn't it frustrating when someone tells you that
it's 30° Celsius, and you don't know have a clue to what that means,
because your brain is in Fahrenheit? Or you're
in a dynamite clothing store in Milan, and you don't know what the sizes
are because everything is in Italian sizes, which differ from the size
designation you're accustomed to. We've got an index here with 16 pages
of conversion engines. They are simple web engines that will convert
Metric to Imperial and also do other types of conversions. There
is another type of conversion of course; you know, being converted from
being a Phrenologist to a Rosicrucianism, or a Republican to a Zen Monk.
We are convinced that there is nothing more obscene than the lust to convert.
Hence; in creating this page of 16 conversion engines, we designed them
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 Liter
to Gallon / Quart / Pint / Cup / Ounce Conversions
- Accurate measurement is necessary to insure success in cooking.
It is best secured by using gallon, quart, and pint measures, the half-pint
cup and tablespoons and teaspoons of standard size. Measuring cups
hold one half pint (milk measure) and may be bought in tin, enameled, and
glassware, with handle. Some are divided on one side into quarters
and on the other into thirds; or you may find one cup in quarters and another
in thirds. They should supersede entirely the use of tea cups, blue
cups, and tumblers, which were called for in nearly all old time recipes.
Tablespoons of the usual size are three inches long and one and three fourths
inches wide. Teaspoons should measure two inches long and one and
one fourth inches wide. Half - teaspoons should be in every kitchen;
they are like a teaspoon with the bowl cut through the middle from tip
to handle, with an upright edge forming a back on the line of division.
They are convenient, especially in measuring a half teaspoon of liquid. |
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 Kilogram
To Pound -- Pound To Kilogram Conversions
- On 7 April 1795, the gram was decreed in France to be equal to “the absolute
weight of a volume of water equal to the cube of the hundredth part of
the meter, at the temperature of melting ice.” The concept of using a specified
volume of water to define a unit measure of mass was first advanced by
the English philosopher John Wilkins in 1668. Since trade and commerce
typically involve items significantly more massive than one gram, and since
a mass standard made of water would be inconvenient and unstable, the regulation
of commerce necessitated the manufacture of a practical realization of
the water-based definition of mass. Accordingly, a provisional mass standard
was made as a single-piece, metallic artifact one thousand times more massive
than the gram—the kilogram. Historically, in different parts of the world,
at different points in time, and for different applications, the pound
(or its translation) has referred to broadly similar but not identical
standards of mass or force. |
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 Women's
International Clothing Size Conversions -
Conversions For Expats & International Shoppers - When visiting other
countries, you may notice that in general, there are many differences,
cultural, geographical, etc... But did you realize that there is not an
universal system for clothing sizes? Just like currencies and AC/DC voltage,
you have to convert your clothing size. As there are few things in the
universe as important as womens clothes we provide this conversion engine
for convering international clothing sizes based on the nation in which
you are shopping. We also have a conversion for shoe sizes, which
may be as important as clothing sizes; some would say that shoe sizes is
more important. We cannot say for certain which is more important.
Aristotle would probably would know the answer. Maybe. |
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 Women's
International Shoe Size Conversions - Conversion
of shoe sizes for Expats & International Shoppers. Here it is. We believe
that Imelda Marcos would have been pleased with this conversion engine.
-- Former First Lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos, was said to once
have had 15 mink coats, 508 gowns, 1,000 handbags and 3,000 pairs of shoes.
- She saw it as her duty to provide 'some sort of light, . . . a star'
for the impoverished Filipino people, over which her husband ruled. So
she took $5 million shopping sprees in New York and Rome. She reportedly
owned the worlds largest collection of gems . . . and one would suspect
the worlds largest collections of shoes. (one never knows) The Filipino
people undoubtedly basked in the light cast from her immanent being. Nobody
could deny that she was a real inspiration. |
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 Men's
International Shoe Size Conversions - Men's
shoe conversions for Expats & International Shoppers -- While not nearly
as important as women's shoe sizes, men have to wear shoes. (Whether they
want to or not.) Convention dictates that they must do many things that
are opposed to their natures. Wearing shoes is one of them. Sandals
were the most common footwear in most early civilizations, however, a few
early cultures had shoes. In Mesopotamia, (c. 1600-1200 BC) a type of soft
shoes were worn by the mountain people who lived on the border of what
is now Iran. The soft shoe was made of wraparound leather, similar to a
moccasin. Ancient man, living in colder climates, is credited with making
the first shoes, by adding material to the top of the crude "sandals" his
neighbors in warmer climates had invented. He did so out of necessity,
to give his feet additional protection from the cold. |
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 Men's
International Clothing Size Conversions -
Men's clothing conversions for Expats & International Shoppers -- Convert
men's clothing sizes between various nations -- Hats, underwear, socks,
dress shirts, T-shirts, suits, coats, sweaters. Find it all. Despite the
warm climate Greek's wore clothes that covered their bodies. Greek men
wore plain tunics of wool tied at the waist. Men also wore cloaks called
himations and if they were travelling they wore broad rimmed hats. Although
ordinary Greeks wore clothes of wool or linen the rich could afford cotton
and silk. Modern social nudity is mostly a revival of ancient customs and
mores, when it was more pervasive throughout the world. Even the Inuit
of the Arctic went nude in their igloos. The indians of Tierra del Fuego
went almost naked under conditions of snow and bitingly cold wind (In Chapter
10 of The Voyage of the Beagle, Charles Darwin commented on the hardiness
of these people). Only a few small, isolated examples today survive of
societies which have retained from ancient times a customary life with
little or no clothing ever. |
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 Miles
To Kilometers -- Kilometers To Miles Conversion
- The kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol km -- is
a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres and
is therefore exactly equal to the distance travelled by light in free space
in 1/299 792.458 of a second. It is the conventionally used measurement
unit for expressing distances between geographical places in most of the
world; notable exceptions are the United States and the United Kingdom
where the statute mile is used. A slang term for the kilometre in the military
is klick and in common speech involving distance it is often abbreviated
as simply a k (kay). -- A mile is a unit of length in a number of
different systems. In contemporary English, a mile most commonly refers
to the statute mile of 5,280 feet (1,760 yards, or 1,609.344 metres), the
survey mile of 5,280 survey feet (1609.3472 m) or the nautical mile of
1,852 metres (6,076.12 ft). It is about a third of the old measurement,
the league. Use this page to convert one to the other. |
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 Hectares
to Acres Conversions - The hectare (symbol
ha) is a unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres, which is primarily
used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced,
the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare ('hecto-'
+ 'are') was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2. When the metric system was rationalised
in 1960 with the introduction of the International System of Units (SI),
international recognition of the are was withdrawn, though the hectare
continued to be recognised as a "unit of measure that may be used with
SI". The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including
the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today
are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre.
The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land. One acre
comprises 4,840 square yards, 43,560 square feet[1] or about 4,046.86 square
meters (0.404686 hectares) |
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 Square
Meters to Square Feet Conversions -
Okay. The square metre is the SI derived unit of area, with symbol
m2 (33A1 in Unicode). It is defined as the area of a square whose sides
measure exactly one metre. The square metre is derived from the SI base
unit of the metre, which in turn is defined as the length of the path travelled
by light in absolute vacuum during a time interval of 1/299,792,458 of
a second. -- The square foot (Sq Ft) is an imperial unit / U.S.
customary unit (non-SI non-metric) of area, used mainly in the United States,
Canada, United Kingdom, Hong Kong[citation needed],Bangladesh, India, Pakistan
and Afghanistan. It is defined as the area of a square with sides of 1
foot (0.333... yards, 12 inches, or 0.3048 metres) in length. For comparison,
the average one-family house in the United States in 2007 had a total floor
area of approximately 2500 square feet. |
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 Square
Miles to Square Kilometers Conversions
- The square mile (abbreviated as sq
mi and sometimes as mi²) is an imperial and US unit of measure for
an area equal to the area of a square of one statute mile. It should not
be confused with miles square, which refers to the number of miles on each
side squared. For instance, 20 miles square (20 × 20 miles) is equal
to 400 square miles. Square kilometre, symbol km2, is a decimal
multiple of the SI unit of surface area, the square metre, one of the SI
derived units. -- Note: "km2" means (km)2, square kilometre or kilometre
squared and not k(m2), kilo–square metre. For example, 3 km2 is equal to
3×(1,000m)2 = 3,000,000 m2, not 3,000 m2. |
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 Temperature
Conversions: Fahrenheit < > Centigrade / Celsius Temperature Conversions-
A thermometer is a device that measures the temperature
of things. The name is made up of two smaller words: "Thermo" means heat
and "meter" means to measure. You can use a thermometer to tell the temperature
outside or inside your house, inside your oven, even the temperature of
your body if you're sick. One of the earliest inventors of a thermometer
was probably Galileo. We know him more for his studies about the solar
system and his "revolutionary" theory (back then) that the earth and planets
rotated around the sun. Galileo is said to have used a device called a
"thermoscope" around 1600 - that's 400 years ago! -- Fahrenheit
is the temperature scale proposed in 1724 by, and named after, the German
physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736). Today, the temperature
scale has been replaced by the Celsius scale in most countries, but it
remains the official scale of the United States and several Caribbean nations
and is retained as a secondary scale in the United Kingdom. -- Celsius
is a scale and unit of measurement for temperature. It is named after the
Swedish astronomer Anders Luder (1701–1744), who developed a similar temperature
scale two years before his death. The degree Celsius (°C) can refer
to a specific temperature on the Celsius scale as well as a unit to indicate
a temperature interval, a difference between two temperatures or an uncertainty.
The unit was known until 1948 as centigrade. |
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 Grams
< > Ounces Conversions -
Convert
in either direction; Grams to Ounces - Ounces to Grams. -- The gram
(also gramme in British English), (Greek/Latin root grámma); symbol
g, is a unit of mass. Originally defined as "the absolute weight of a volume
of pure water equal to the cube of the hundredth part of a metre, and at
the temperature of melting ice" (later 4 °C), a gram is now defined
as one one-thousandth of the SI base unit, the kilogram, or 1×10?3
kg, which itself is defined as being equal to the mass of a physical prototype
preserved by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures. -- The ounce
(abbreviated: oz, the old Italian word onza, now spelled oncia) is a unit
of mass with several definitions, the most commonly used of which are equal
to approximately 28 grams. The ounce is used in a number of different systems,
including various systems of mass that form part of the imperial and United
States customary systems. Its size can vary from system to system. The
most commonly used ounces today are the international avoirdupois ounce
and the international troy ounce. |
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 Foot
< > Meter Conversions -
Convert
in either direction; meters to feet or feet to meters -- A foot
(plural: feet or foot; abbreviation or symbol: ft or ' – the prime symbol)
is a non-SI unit of length in a number of different systems including English
units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. Its size can
vary from system to system, but in each is around a quarter to a third
of a meter. The most commonly used foot today is the international foot.
There are three feet in a yard and 12 inches in a foot. -- The metre
(or meter), symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System
of Units (SI). Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance
from the Earth's equator to the North Pole (at sea level), its definition
has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology.
Since 1983, it is defined as the distance travelled by light in vacuum
in 1/299,792,458 of a second. |
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 Elevation
- Mountain Heights: Meters < > Feet Conversions-
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference
point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's
sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface (see Geodetic system,
vertical datum). Elevation, or geometric height, is mainly used when referring
to points on the Earth's surface, while altitude or geopotential height
is used for points above the surface, such as an aircraft in flight or
a spacecraft in orbit, and depth is used for points below the surface.
Less commonly, elevation is measured using the center of the Earth as the
reference point. Due to equatorial bulge, there is debate as to which of
the summits of Mt. Everest or Chimborazo is at the higher elevation, as
the Chimborazo summit is further from the Earth's center while the Mt.
Everest summit is higher above mean sea level. |
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 US
Fluid Ounces <> Milliliters Conversions
- The US ounce is based on the earlier definition of one gallon
equaling 231 cubic inches. This measurement at first glance does not seem
to have any tie to mass, however it is believed[who?] to have somehow come
from a previous measure of a gallon as being 224 cubic inches (just 7 cubic
inches less, both numbers being multiples of 7) which was used because
it was the volume of 8 pounds of wine. Subdivisions of the US gallon are
similar to those of the imperial gallon the difference being that there
are only four ounces to the gill (sixteen to the pint or 128 to the gallon).
Thus the US fluid ounce is about 4% larger than the imperial ounce. |
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 UK
Fluid Ounces <> Milliliters Conversions
- In 1824 the British Parliament redefined one gallon to be equal to the
volume of ten avoirdupois pounds of water. The gallon was divided into
four quarts or eight pints. Each pint was divided into four gills or twenty
ounces. Thus the mass of imperial ounce is about one avoirdupois
ounce (28.4 g). A fluid ounce (abbreviated fl oz, fl. oz. or oz. fl.) is
a unit of volume equal to about 28 mL in the imperial system or 30 ml in
the US system. The fluid ounce is not comparable to the ounce, which measures
mass. However, the fluid ounce is sometimes referred to simply as an "ounce"
in applications where its use is implicit. |
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 Voltage-Finder
Search Engine - Voltages Around The Worlds-
Find out any nations electrical voltage simply by entering the nations
name in the drop down menu. If you are going to use electrical appliances
abroad, you need to know what type of electrical voltage is used in the
country where you're moving or traveling to and what type of adapter or
plug is needed to plug your appliances into the outlet. Section includes
Diagrams Of Adaptor Plugs and a World Electric Power Guide -- Read
Using
Electric Power Overseas - Three things
can be different about foreign AC power compared to power at home: [1 the
supply voltage, [2 the supply frequency, and [3 the physical shape of the
socket. Before transporting and using your electrical appliances overseas
it is essential to know what type of electrical voltage is used in your
destination country. |
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