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Curious Chronicles of Forgotten Measures
Dive into the world of rare and obscure measurement units used throughout history and unique fields.
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Across
  • 1. A distance unit originating from a furrow in a field, equal to 220 yards.
  • 3. A measure of wine casks or barrels, seldom used today.
  • 4. A customary unit of volume for liquids, equal to a quarter of a pint.
  • 6. An old apothecaries' weight unit, roughly equal to 1.3 grams.
Down
  • 2. An informal British unit sometimes used to describe a pound sterling; also a term for tobacco.
  • 5. A very small quantity, often used informally to describe tiny amounts.
  • 7. A unit of area used in nuclear physics, equal to 10^-28 square meters.
  • 8. The SI unit of energy, named after a physicist but sometimes considered less common in everyday use.

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