Sentence examples for system of weights from inspiring English sources

The United States Customary System of weights and measures is derived from it.

In the sacred system of weights, the Talmudic talent was equal to 60 Talmudic minas.

The four-based regime became the law of the land with the American Customary System of Weights and Measures in 1857.

Here, finally, was proof that America's failure to abandon its version of the English system of weights and measures had become an unsustainable folly.

The iconic constructions also became brighter in color and lighter in feel, the latter a result of his having perfected a new system of weights and balances.

With Great Britain in the process of changing over to the metric system from the so-called English system of weights & measures, we expect that before long the U.S will have to conform, too.

However, whereas the old system of weighting was pretty crude, the new one will be fiendishly complicated.

Troy weight, traditional system of weight in the British Isles based on the grain, pennyweight (24 grains), ounce (20 pennyweights), and pound (12 ounces).

Apothecaries' weight, traditional system of weight in the British Isles used for the measuring and dispensing of pharmaceutical items and based on the grain, scruple (20 grains), dram (3 scruples), ounce (8 drams), and pound (12 ounces).

Conceived in 1986 by Dr. Alain Delabos, a well-known Gallic diet guru (his best-selling book, "Mincir Sur Mesure," is in its second printing), chrono-nutrition is a carefully calibrated system of weight and shape management that allows you to eat and drink virtually anything you want as long as you do it at exactly the right time.

One possible system of weighting or aggregating is to use a democratic or some other social choice procedure (Chakraborty 1996).