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Quart (other)
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Quart is an imperial and US customary unit of volume. Quart may also refer to: * Quart, a coin worth of a Gibraltarian real * Quart Festival, a music festival in Norway * Quart, a proposed metric typographic unit Places * Quart, Aosta Valley, a ''comune'' in Italy * Quart, Girona, a municipality in Spain * Quart de les Valls, a municipality in Spain * Quart de Poblet, a municipality in Spain People * Alberto Arnal (1913–1966), also known as Quart, Valencian pilotari (handball player) * Emerico di Quart (died 1313), beatified Catholic bishop * Josie Alice Quart (1895–1980), member of the Canadian Senate See also * Quartz Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide). The atoms are linked in a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon-oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall chemical form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quart
The quart (symbol: qt) is an English unit of volume equal to a quarter gallon. Three kinds of quarts are currently used: the liquid quart and dry quart of the US customary system and the of the British imperial system. All are roughly equal to one liter. It is divided into two pints or (in the US) four cups. Historically, the exact size of the quart has varied with the different values of gallons over time and in reference to different commodities. Name The term comes from the Latin '' quartus'' (meaning one-quarter) via the French ''quart''. However, although the French word ''quart'' has the same root, it frequently means something entirely different. In Canadian French in particular, the quart is called '' pinte'', whilst the pint is called ''chopine''. History Since gallons of various sizes have historically been in use, the corresponding quarts have also existed with various sizes. Definitions and equivalencies US liquid quart In the United States, all tradition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gibraltarian Real
The real was the official currency of Gibraltar until 1825 and continued to circulate alongside other Spanish and British currencies until 1898. History After the Anglo-Dutch occupied Gibraltar in 1704, the Spanish real continued to circulate in the town. However, no distinction was made between the silver (''de plata'') and billon (''de vellón'') reales issued by the Spanish (1 ''real de plata'' = 2 ''reales de vellón'' before 1737, 2½ after), providing a substantial profit for the army officers making payments to troops. In 1741, the following rates of exchange were established: 2 ''blancas'' = ''1 maravedi'', 4 ''maravedíes'' = 1 ''quarto'' or ''quart'', 16 quartos = 1 real de vellón, 8 reales de vellón = 1 ''peso sencillo'' ("current" dollar), 10 reales de vellón = 1 ''peso fuerte'' ("hard" dollar, also known as the ''Spanish dollar''). These roughly doubled the value of the real de vellón relative to its value in Spain. Much of the currency in circulation was in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quart Festival
The Quart Festival was an annual popular music festival that took place in Kristiansand, Norway in the beginning of July, from 1991 to 2008. It was the most visited music festival in Norway. It was first named ''Qvadradurmusivalen'' in 1991, but changed into the more ear-catching Quart Festival the following year. For several years Quart was the largest music festival in Norway, but went bankrupt in 2008 in part due to tough competition from the Hovefestivalen in Arendal and some Oslo-based festivals. Scandals There have been some scandals during the years. *A local band Flying Crap fired a shotgun from the stage in 1995. *Marilyn Manson ripped a bible on stage in 1999. *The Kovenant burned a bible on stage in 2000. *Mayhem threw pigs' heads at the audience in 2001. *Eight musicians from hiphop group Equicez were arrested for drug offences in 2003. *Kristopher Schau attached an engine to a dead pig and used it as a boat in 2003. *Two persons from rainforest charity group Fuck F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quart (typographic Unit)
Metric typographic units have been devised and proposed several times to overcome the various traditional point systems. After the French revolution of 1789 one popular proponent of a switch to metric was Didot, who had been able to standardise the continental European typographic measurement a few decades earlier. The conversion did not happen, though. The Didot point was metrically redefined as m (≈ 0.376 mm) in 1879 by Berthold. The advent and success of desktop publishing (DTP) software and word processors for office use, coming mostly from the non-metric United States, basically revoked this metrication process in typography. DTP commonly uses the PostScript point, which is defined as of an inch (352.(7) μm). Metric Didot Point With the introduction of phototypesetting in the 1970s metric units were increasingly used in typography. The Didot point was redefined once again to 375 μm exactly ( mm). Quart Also in the 1970s, the new unit quart (''q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metric Typographic Units
Metric typographic units have been devised and proposed several times to overcome the various traditional point systems. After the French revolution of 1789 one popular proponent of a switch to metric was Didot, who had been able to standardise the continental European typographic measurement a few decades earlier. The conversion did not happen, though. The Didot point was metrically redefined as m (≈ 0.376 mm) in 1879 by Berthold. The advent and success of desktop publishing (DTP) software and word processors for office use, coming mostly from the non-metric United States, basically revoked this metrication process in typography. DTP commonly uses the PostScript point, which is defined as of an inch (352.(7) μm). Metric Didot Point With the introduction of phototypesetting in the 1970s metric units were increasingly used in typography. The Didot point was redefined once again to 375 μm exactly ( mm). Quart Also in the 1970s, the new unit quart (' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quart, Aosta Valley
Quart ( Valdôtain: ; Issime wae, Koart) is a town and ''comune'' in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy. Main sights The Quart Castle, built starting from 1185 by Jacques de la Porte de Saint-Ours, founder of the Lords of Quart. On the slopes below the castle, near Vollein, in 1968 remains of the Neolithic Vollein necropolis A necropolis (plural necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. The name stems from the Ancient Greek ''nekropolis'', literally meaning "city of the dead". The term usually im ... were found. Other sights include a series of medieval watchtowers, such as the Chétoz Tower, the museum of Aosta Valley Railroads, and a fortified house in Povil. References Cities and towns in Aosta Valley {{Aosta-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quart, Girona
Quart is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of and the population in 2014 was 3,441. Between 1892 and 1969, the village was connected to the city of Girona and the port of Sant Feliu de Guíxols by the narrow gauge Sant Feliu de Guíxols–Girona railway The Sant Feliu de Guíxols to Girona Railway was a gauge railway line that operated over of track between Girona and Sant Feliu de Guíxols, in Catalonia, Spain. The railway had 6 steam locomotives of the 0-6-2T type, 21 passenger cars and 106 ... The line has since been converted into a greenway.. References External links Government data pages Municipalities in Gironès {{Girona-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quart De Les Valls
Quart de les Valls is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Camp de Morvedre in the Valencian Community The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wi ..., Spain. References Municipalities in the Province of Valencia Camp de Morvedre {{valencia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quart De Poblet
Quart de Poblet (, Spanish and unofficially: ''Cuart de Poblet'' or ''Cuarte'')Toponym in Castilian as the Spanish Royal Academy: ''Spelling of Spanish.'' Madrid: Espasa, 1999. ; "Appendix 3, pages 133–155. is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Horta Oest in the Valencian Community, Spain. It has 25,499 inhabitants (NSI 2009). Geography Located between the Valencian Huerta Sur, the area surface is completely flat. The Turia river crosses the municipality by north and on the west runs the Rambla del Poio. The climate is Mediterranean, with rainfall in autumn and spring, the prevailing winds are west and east. Infrastructure and access road The main lines of traffic at west of the metropolitan area of Valencia ply the municipality of Quart of Poblet. Thus, both the town and the many industrial sites are connected by highway with other surrounding municipalities and large capacity roads. * The motorway A-3/E-901 Madrid – Valencia or '' eastern highway'', old N-III ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Arnal
Albert Arnal ( Serra (Camp de Túria) 31 January 1913 - Quart de Poblet (Horta Oest) 1 May 1966), known as Quart (or Xiquet de Quart) was the Valencian pilota ruling ''dauer'' player during the 1930s. His mastery caused him to be rewarded by having a picture on the ''Honor Gallery'' of the Pelayo trinquet. On 1991 the Valencian Pilota Federation awarded him with the Golden medal. He began playing at the Manises trinquet and got to be the main player at the Pelayo ''trinquet'' during the 1930s and 1940s. He was announced with a not too-gifted ''punter'' against the most powerful trios (such as Llíria I, Mora de Montcada and Micalet de Paterna). Due to disagreements with the Pelayo managers, he turned to play at the Grau ''Llevant trinquet''. On 1948, almost at the end of his career, his returning to Pelayo against Juliet d'Alginet resulted in a large audience. ''Quart'' was a strong and tall player, powerful enough that he could throw the vaqueta ball easily to the ''galleries'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emerico Di Quart
Émeric de Quart (known in Italian as ''Emerico de Quart''), born in the latter part of the 13th century at the castle of Quart in the Aosta Valley, was Bishop of Aosta from 1302 until his death on 1 September 1313. He is more frequently named in ancient documents as ''Eymericus'' than ''Emericus'' or even ''Aimericus''. Life Born in one of the most powerful families of Aosta Valley, Émeric or Aymeri de Quart was the son of Zacharie, known as Jacques II, lord of Quart, of the ancient and noble Aosta family « de la Porte Saint-Ours », who gave three bishops to the Diocese of Aosta. The elder brother of Émeric, Jacques III, assured the lineage while Aymon de Quart was Bishop of Geneva, and Guillaume de Quart was an archbishop. Additionally his brother Henri was provost of the Aosta Cathedral from 1288 until 1318. Joseph-Marie Henry, ''Histoire populaire, religieuse et civile de la Vallée d'Aoste'' (1929), re-edited in 1967, p.151. After finishing theological studies, Émeric cho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josie Alice Quart
Josie Alice Quart, (8 November 1895 – 17 April 1980) was a Canadian senator. A Progressive Conservative, she was appointed to the Senate of Canada on 16 November 1960 on the recommendation of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker. She represented the senatorial division Canadian Senate divisions refers to two aspects of the Senate of Canada. First, it refers to the division of Canada into four regional Senate divisions of 24 senators each, as set out in section 22 of the Constitution Act, 1867.The Constitution Act ... of Victoria, Quebec until her death. References * 1895 births 1980 deaths Canadian senators from Quebec Canadian Members of the Order of the British Empire Politicians from Quebec City Progressive Conservative Party of Canada senators Women members of the Senate of Canada Women in Quebec politics 20th-century Canadian women politicians 20th-century Canadian politicians {{Quebec-senator-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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