British Imperial units

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British Imperial units are a historical system of weights and measures used throughout the British Empire, including units like the pound, mile, and gallon, that influenced later measurement systems such as those in the United States.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Imperial system 8
British Imperial units canonical 1
imperial gallon 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical system of measurement ⓘ
system of measurement ⓘ
basedOn English units ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
dimension area ⓘ
length ⓘ
mass ⓘ
power ⓘ
speed ⓘ
volume ⓘ
hasUnit imperial acre ⓘ
imperial cubic foot ⓘ
imperial fluid ounce ⓘ
imperial foot ⓘ
imperial gallon ⓘ
imperial horsepower ⓘ
imperial hundredweight ⓘ
imperial inch ⓘ
imperial mile ⓘ
imperial ounce ⓘ
imperial pint ⓘ
imperial pound ⓘ
imperial quart ⓘ
imperial square foot ⓘ
imperial stone ⓘ
imperial ton ⓘ
imperial yard ⓘ
influenced United States customary units ⓘ
legallyDefinedIn Weights and Measures Act 1824 ⓘ
Weights and Measures Act 1878 ⓘ
Weights and Measures Act 1963 ⓘ
regulationStatus partially superseded by metric units in the United Kingdom ⓘ
replacedBy International System of Units ⓘ
metric system ⓘ
significantEvent standardization of weights and measures in the British Empire ⓘ
startTime 1824 ⓘ
stillUsedFor beer and milk volumes in the United Kingdom ⓘ
body weight in the United Kingdom ⓘ
road distances in the United Kingdom ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
unitSystemType non-metric ⓘ
usedIn Australia ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
India ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States customary units → basedOn → British Imperial units ⓘ
Bedford, Iowa → usesUnitSystem → Imperial system ⓘ
linked to: British Imperial units
Hopkins → usesUnitSystem → Imperial system ⓘ
linked to: British Imperial units
British Imperial units → hasUnit → imperial gallon ⓘ
linked to: British Imperial units
Dimondale, Michigan → usesUnitSystem → Imperial system ⓘ
linked to: British Imperial units
New Paris, Pennsylvania → usesMeasurementSystem → Imperial system ⓘ
linked to: British Imperial units
Deerfield, Missouri → usesMeasurementSystem → Imperial system ⓘ
subject linked to: Deerfield
linked to: British Imperial units
Hopkins, Michigan → usesUnitSystem → Imperial system ⓘ
linked to: British Imperial units
Ruston μSA → usesMeasurementSystem → Imperial system ⓘ
linked to: British Imperial units
Braggs → usesMeasurementSystem → Imperial system ⓘ
linked to: British Imperial units