Saarlouis
Saarlouis , Fr. Sarrelouis, city (1994 pop. 38,347), Saarland, SW Germany, on the Saar River near the French border. It is a commercial and industrial center. Manufactures include steel, furniture, tobacco products, and bells. Coal is mined in the area. Founded (1680) by Louis XIV, for whom it was named, Saarlouis was fortified (1680-85) by Vauban and became a major French frontier fortress. It was awarded (1815) to Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. As part of the Saar Territory (see Saarland ), it was administered by France from 1919 to 1935 and from 1945 to 1957. From 1935 to 1945 the city was known as Saarlautern. Marshal Ney of France was born there in 1769.
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Harvest basket. (teaching math through agricultural units of measurement)
Magazine article from: Country Living; 10/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...problems based on units of measurement derived from agriculture...equations with that measurement. Quite simply...horses, the smaller unit nursing from the...the traditional English trug. The history of the English trug begins in East...
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A TOOL FOR MONITORING THE DEVELOPMENT OF WRITTEN ENGLISH: T-UNIT ANALYSIS USING THE SAWL
Magazine article from: American Annals of the Deaf; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...allows teachers to use T-unit analysis to quantitatively...student writes perfect English, flawed English, and/or generates "wordstrings" with minimal English structure. The SAWL...using the same indexes of measurement. The Case for Language...
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SETC requires domestic gold companies to use standardized measurement units.
Newspaper article from: China Business News; 11/11/2002; 487 words
; ...to use standardized measurement units Shanghai. November...standardized measurement units of gold, according...kilogram and ton as weight units for gold to replace...a traditional weight unit only used in China...should also use the English versions for the above...
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Science Measures Up.(learning about measurements)
Magazine article from: Science and Children; 2/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...introduce the history of measurement systems, beginning...NRC 1996) includes measurement as a fundamental ability...societies evolved, measurements became more complex...standardization in measurement than other European countries. The English, or customary system...system (based on ...
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Measurement: Wrestling the mother of all nonstandards
Magazine article from: InTech; 8/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...accurate definitions for measurement units. By the time...developed a system of measurement based on the number...modern time and angle units are descended. Bible...to using standard measurements when conducting trade...wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or capacity...are ...
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Up With Measurement.
Magazine article from: Science and Children; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...guinnessworldrecords.com. Measurements are also critical...lives include measurements. Without measurement, commerce would...learn the old English system but are...the teaching of measurement skills, you...light-year a unit of distance rather...of some common measurements in ...
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COLUMN: Measurement schizophrenia creates havoc
News Wire article from: University Wire; 10/24/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Lockheed Martin used the English unit (the familiar pound...with the antiquated English measurement system itself but rather...systems. Using the English system alone, however...and were using metric units when building government...
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A high-accuracy multiwavelength radiometer for in situ measurements in the thermal infrared. Part II: Behavior in field experiments
Magazine article from: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...infrared radiometer for measurements of atmosphere and ground...measurements over the English Channel in June 1995...brightness temperature measurements, using the split...CLIMAT for in situ measurements are given in section...head and a control unit. It is a portable...
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Manual Measurement Equipment
Magazine article from: Manufacturing Engineering; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...can be toggled between English and metric units with the press of a...easier to use." Manual measurement devices continue to...smaller share of 'total measurement activity' than before...a display/storage unit. This allows electronic...a display or storage unit. The Marposs gages...
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DOT MULLS MOVE TP METRIC SYSTEM THE STATE BOARD IS SLOWLY ADOPTING THE ``NEW'' SYSTEM OF MEASUREMENTS.(LOCAL)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 2/9/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...uses metric instead of English measurement, we'll stick with...Jones added. Metric measurements are based on a decimal...the metric system of measurement. But not even kilotons...inches is the U.S.-English length of a meter...stone is a British unit of weight that equals...
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English units of measurement
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
English units of measurement principal...Measures Units of Weight...the basic unit of weight...Within the English units of...foot. The English units of measurement have many...from one unit to another...
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Measurement, English System of
Book article from: Mathematics
...with the latter measurement being known as a furlong...charter specified measurements for the unit of length as well...major review of the English units of measure occurred...change the system of measurement. Many were based...the support of the English Parliament. The ...
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measurement
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...there must be a basic unit of the quantity involved...calibrated in such units, e.g., a ruler...fractions of the basic unit. Although various systems of units exist for measuring...metric system and the English units of measurement...the more precise the measurement. ...
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Measurement, Metric System of
Book article from: Mathematics
...metric system of measurement, more correctly...supervises the SI units. The units are updated...find a suitable unit of length that...of standard measurements to the French...new system of measurement would bring...hearing of the English response, also...This single ...
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Astronomical unit
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...astronomical unit (AU) is a unit of length that astronomers...system. One astronomical unit is the mean (average...value of the astronomical unit has been measured by...planets, in astronomical units, were known long before...accurate form derived by English physicist and ...
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