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Spanish: short (corta) = 2,000 libras = 0.9202 tonne = 2,028.7lb long (larga) = 2,240 libras = 1.0306 tonnes = 2,272.1lb Miscellaneous units and ratios Beer, wines and spirits Proof (Sikes) (°) Volume of alcohol (%) Table wines 14-26 8-15 Port, sherry 26-38.5 15-22 Whisky, gin 65.5-70 37.5-40 Beer small = half pint large = 1 pint fl agon = 1 quart anker = 10 gallons Wines and spirits tot (whisky, gin, rum or vodka) = 25ml or 35ml (before end-1994, one-sixth to one-quarter gill; the larger size is mainly used in Scotland) wine glass = 125ml or 175ml wine bottle or carafe (metric sizes) = 25cl, 50cl, 75cl or 1l Champagne Precious metals 2 bottles = 1 magnum 4 bottles = 1 jeroboam 20 bottles = 1 nebuchadnezzar 1 metric carat = 200mg 1 troy oz = 155.52 metric carats Crops UK (imperial) bushel of barley = 50lb maize = 56lb oats = 39lb potatoes = 60lb wheat = 60lb rye = 56lb measures 203
part 3: useful reference US bushel as above except barley = 48lb oats = 32lb Bale (cotton) 204 US (net) = 480lb Brazil = 397lb (metric bale=180kg) India = 375lb (metric bale=170kg) Extraction rates Approximate weight ratios 100 grain = 72 bread fl our 100 paddy rice = 67 milled rice 100 milk 4 butter 1 ton barley = 105 proof gal. whisky Yield: 1 kg/ha = 08922 lb/acre Water 1l weighs 1 kg. 1 cubic m weighs 1 tonne. 1 UK gallon weighs 10.022lb. 1 US gallon weighs 8.345lb. Energy Radioactivity 1 therm = 29.3071 kilowatt hours (kW h) 1 terawatt hour (TW h) = 1 thousand million kilowatt hours 1 watt second = 1 joule 1 kilowatt hour = 36 megajoules (MJ) 1 calorie (dieticians’) = 4.1855 kilojoules 1 becquerel (Bq) = 1 disintegration per sec. 1 rutherford = 1m Bq Dose of radiation 1 rad = 10 millijoules per kg 1 gray = 100 rad = 1 joule per kg 1 rem = 1 rad, weighted by radiation effect 1 sievert (Sv) = 100 rems Background dose (UK) = 25 millisievert (mSv) per year
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Contents Preface vi Introduction 1
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introduction negative, then it cann
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part 1 the essence of style
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ampersands should be used: 1 when t
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as to There is usually a more appro
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historical terms Black Death Recons
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Francophone (but prefer French-spea
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clerical titles see titles. clerica
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countries and their inhabitants and
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different from not to or than. dile
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effectively, in effect Effectively
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euphemisms Avoid, where possible, e
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thousand curses, a hundred years of
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global > grammar and syntax And wha
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passive or active? Be direct. Use t
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stockbrokers Furman Selz Mager, ban
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past continuance: He grew up in pos
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meaningful perceptions prestigious
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foundering chains, both fl oods and
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n names For guidance on spelling pe
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Fahd Qawasmeh Ahmed Qurei Qurnah Ma
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appropriate title: Mr Budiono. For
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Georgy Yury Gennady Zhirinovsky Niz
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the language of a useful or well-li
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p Pakistani names see names. palate
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the Caucasus the Netherlands the Ga
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political correctness But do not la
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adopt because they cannot bring the
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short words Use them. They are ofte
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part 2 American and British English
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punctuation commas in lists The use
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spelling the unfamiliar form may st
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of past tense and past participle,
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Page 170 and 171: abbreviations nav net asset value n
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Page 186 and 187: currencies Country Currency Symbol
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Page 190 and 191: e Earthquakes An earthquake is meas
Page 192 and 193: Name Symbol Radium Ra Radon Rn Rhen
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Page 198 and 199: internet iab internet architecture
Page 200 and 201: l Latin Here are some common Latin
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Page 218 and 219: 1990 Chemistry Elias James Corey Ec
Page 220 and 221: Physics Zhores I. Alferov, Jack S.
Page 222 and 223: Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia
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