Sentence examples for containers measures from inspiring English sources

Currency was settled in a decimal form, but the vast inertia of the English weights and measures system permeating industry and commerce and involving containers, measures, tools, and machines, as well as popular psychology, prevented the same approach from succeeding, though it was advocated by Thomas Jefferson.

The mothers were "confined in the extreme heat" in metal containers measuring 3m by 3m, which each contained a bunk bed and a cot, leaving only 1 sq m of space, the commission said.

We know that each of the 12 containers measured 8ft wide and either 20ft or 40ft long, and that at least one of them – perhaps when it careened into another container, perhaps when it struck the ship's rails – burst or buckled open as it fell.

Water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) was calculated from the weight of the test containers measured at different time points over 48 h: mathrm{WVTR}=frac{G}{ttimes A} (1 where G represents the change in weight of the test container, t is elapsed time, and A is the cross-sectional area of the scaffold.

The containers measure from 20 feet to 53 feet in length and are sold to shipping companies, said B. M. Ahn, president of Hyundai Precision America, the company's U.S. subsidiary based in Long Beach.

Alternatively, dry salt containers measure 220 kg and yield 750 L of concentrate.

Using separate containers, measure out these exact amounts using your kitchen scale.

Measure words also consist of three categories: container measure words, standard measure words, and temporary measure words.

The same can be said of the container measure words as the second type of measure words.

The experiment was performed in a plastic container measuring 0.31 m × 0.24 m × 0.09 m (length × width × depth).

In other words, a container measure word denotes a time-variant state where the entity is (envisioned to be) contained inside the type of container specified.