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Esoteric Indices and Archaic Measures
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Across
- 2. A liquid measure once common in British pubs, smaller than a pint
- 3. Old Russian linear measure, roughly equivalent to a yard, found in Tsarist textiles
- 4. SI unit named after a physicist, measuring mechanical work or heat energy
- 6. Nautical depth measure often referenced in maritime folklore and whale tales
- 8. Apothecaries' weight, just shy of a dram, notable in early pharmacology
Down
- 1. Tiny measure of weight historically used for bullets and medicine powders
- 5. Cambridge hack: a length measured by an MIT student's height, humorously immortalized
- 7. Unit quantifying evolutionary change per million years, honoring a naturalist’s legacy
- 9. Old English agricultural length originally defined by a furrow's length
- 10. Ancient nautical expanse roughly three miles, often romanticized in Jules Verne's tales
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