Quarter Avoirdupois ounce (used for packaged food sold in the U.S. by weight): 7.087381 grams. Quarter Troy ounce (used for precious metals): 7.775869 grams. Quarter apothecaries ounce (no longer widely used): 7.775869 grams. Quarter ancient Roman ounce (no longer used): 6.792 grams. Quarter fluid ounce (used for liquid measure in U.S.): depends on the density. For example, cold water (39Â°F or 4Â°C), would be 7.393382 grams.
The United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, during the final stage of the Second World War.The two bombings, which killed at least 129,000 people, remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in history.merican President Harry S. Truman called for Japan's surrender 16 hours later, warning them to expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth.. Three days later, on August 9, the U.S. dropped a plutonium implosion-type bomb (Fat Man) on the city of Nagasaki.
On August 6 and 9, 1945 the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed by the first atomic bombs used in warfare. The United States decision to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima was strictly military measure calculated to intimidate...irst on Hiroshima on the 6th of August and the second A-bomb dropped on Nagasaki three days later. USA's new President, Harry Truman, made the decision of dropping the A-bombs. A number of 200,000 deaths...