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Weights and Measures

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footrule.com
This site includes unit conversion, weights and measures, and the periodic table.

Interactive Units Converter
This site includes interactive calculators for many commonly used measurement systems.

A Dictionary of Units
A summary of the major units of measure in use around the world from the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching, University of Exeter, UK. The site includes the Systeme International d'Unites (SI) definitions and abbreviations.

Peteducation.com: Conversion table for Weights & Measurements
Part of the PetEducation website created by veterinarians Dr Race Foster and Dr Marty Smith, this site provides a list of weights, measurements and conversions, and links to a dictionary of veterinary terms and a table of abbreviations and acronyms. A warning not to use the search function at the top of the page as this will search the entire PetEducation website for documents containing your keyword.