1.296 grams
grain
g r
0.05 scruple, 0.002083 ounce, 0.0166 dram
0.0648 gram
CAPACITY
U.S. liquid measure
gallon
gal
4 quarts (231 cubic inches)
3.785 liters
quart
q f
2 pints (57.75 cubic inches)
0.946 liter
pint
p f
4 gills (28.875 cubic inches
473.176 milliliters
gill
g'
4 fluid ounces (7.219 cubic inches)
118.294 milliliters
fluid ounce
fl oz
8 fluid drams (1.805) cubic inches)
29.573 milliliters
fluid dram
fl dr
60 minims (0.226 cubic inch)
3.697 milliliters
minim
min
'/60 fluid dram (0.003760 cubic inch)
0.061610 milliliter
U.S. dry measure
bushel
bu
4 pecks (2150.42 cubic inches)
35.239 liters
peck
P k
8 quarts (537.605 cubic inches)
8.810 liters
quart
2 pints (67.201 cubic inches)
1.101 liters
pint
p *
Vi quart (33.600 cubic inches)
0.551 liter
British imperial liquid and dry measure
bushel
bu
4 pecks (2219.36 cubic inches)
36.369 liters
peck
P k
2 gallons (554.84 cubic inches)
9.092 liters
gallon
gal
4 quarts (277.420 cubic inches)
4.546 liters
quart
qt
2 pints (69.355 cubic inches)
1.136 liters
pint
p f
4 gills (34.678 cubic inches)
568.26 milliliters
gill
g'
5 fluid ounces (8.669 cubic inches)
142.066 milliliters
fluid ounce
fl oz
8 fluid drams (1.7339 cubic inches)
28.412 milliliters
fluid dram
fl dr
60 minims (0.216734 cubic inch)
3.5516 milliliters
minim
min
Vso fluid dram (0.003612 cubic inch)
0.059194 milliliter
LENGTH
mile
mi
5280 feet, 1760 yards, 320 rods
1.609 kilometers
rod
rd
5.50 yards, 16.5 feet
5.029 meters
yard
yd
3 feet, 36 inches
0.9144 meter
foot
ft or'
12 inches, 0.333 yard
30.48 centimeters
inch
in or "
0.083 foot, 0.028 yard
2.54 centimeters
AREA
square mile
sq mi or mi 2
640 acres, 102,400 square rods
2.590 square kilometers
acre
4840 square yards, 43,560 square feet
0.405 hectare, 4047 square meters
square rod
sq rd or rd 2
30.35 square yards, 0.00625 acre
25.293 square meters
square yard
sq yd or yd 2
1296 square inches, 9 square feet
0.836 square meter
square foot
sq ft or ft 2
144 square inches, 0.111 square yard
0.093 square meter
square inch
sq in or in 2
0.0069 square foot, 0.00077 square yard
6.452 square centimeters
VOLUME
cubic yard
cu yd or yd 3
27 cubic feet, 46,656 cubic inches
0.765 cubic meter
cubic foot
cu ft or ft 3
1728 cubic inches, 0.0370 cubic yard
0.028 cubic meter
cubic inch
cu in or in 3
0.00058 cubic foot, 0.000021 cubic yard
16.387 cubic centimeters
'For U.S. equivalents of the metric unit see Metric System table. ^The U.S. uses the avoirdupois units as a common system of measuring weight.
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Weimar Republic ► welfare I 2043
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Weisgall, Hugo (David) (b. Oct. 13,1912, Eibenschutz, Moravia—d. March 11, 1997, Manhasset, N.Y., U.S.) Czech-born U.S. composer. Born into a musical family that had produced several generations of composers and cantors, he was raised in Baltimore, Md., U.S., from 1920. He studied composition with Roger Sessions and conducting with Fritz Reiner, also earning a doctorate in German literature from Johns Hopkins University. He is considered one of the most important U.S. opera composers for the literary quality of his chosen texts and the individuality and effectiveness of his music; his works include the operas The Tenor (1950), The Stronger (1952), and Six Characters in Search of an Author (1956); his last com¬ pleted opera, Esther (1993), won wide acclaim.
Weiss \'vls\, Peter (Ulrich) (b. Nov. 8,1916, Nowawes, near Potsdam, Ger.—d. May 10,1982, Stockholm, Swed.) German playwright. After flee¬ ing Germany in 1934, his family settled in Sweden. Weiss painted and made avant-garde films in the 1950s, then turned to fiction and drama, establishing a reputation in Germany with his novel Exile (1962). He won international acclaim for his play The Persecution and Assassination of Jean -Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (1964; usually referred to as Marat/Sade), which addressed themes of individualism, revolution, and violence. Associated with the Theatre of Fact movement, he also wrote the documentary dramas The Investigation (1965), The Song of the Lusitanian Bogey (1967), and Discourse on Vietnam (1968).
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Weizmann \'vlts-man\, Chaim (Azriel) (b. Nov. 27, 1874, Motol, Pol., Russian Empire—d. Nov. 9, 1952, Rehovot, Israel) Russian-bom Israeli chemist and first president of Israel (1949-52). After studying in