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Curious Measures and Curious Units
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- 1. A hand-based measure from the tip of the thumb to the little finger
- 2. An early unit of luminous intensity, named after a source of light
- 4. An ancient unit of weight once used in apothecaries and Greece
- 6. Unit of depth used in nautical contexts, originally based on a person's outstretched arms
- 7. SI unit of energy named after a physicist
- 10. A small liquid measure, historically used in Britain for alcohol
Down
- 3. Weight measure for precious stones, especially diamonds
- 5. An old English unit of distance, commonly used in horse racing
- 8. Length unit based on an MIT student's height, used to measure a bridge
- 9. An old unit of distance roughly equal to several miles, often used at sea
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