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Esoteric Instruments of Bygone Metric Mastery
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Hand’s breadth from thumb to little finger; an honest but imprecise measure
  • 3. Vernacular name for timber measuring stick used in old carriage crafting
  • 4. Forearm-based length; ancient Egyptians relied on this anthropometric standard
  • 5. Rare Ethiopian linear unit, echoing ancient cultural metrology
  • 6. Ancient Greek angle measurer, precursor to the theodolite’s precision gaze
  • 7. Surveyor’s rod named for a 17th-century clergyman, foundational for early navigation
  • 9. Sliding scale enabling fractional precision beyond main graduation lines
  • 11. Early temperature scale hidden behind boiling and freezing marks
  • 15. Weight fraction often eclipsed by grams, but once essential in pharmacy
Down
  • 2. Imperial Chinese weight unit once vital in trade and medicine
  • 8. Obsolete volume measure once grainily dividing rural commerce
  • 10. A scholarly instrument for cartilage thickness, now nearly forgotten
  • 12. Naval distance estimator using stadia marks and clever optics
  • 13. Curved jaws clasp diameters; once wood or metal, now often digital
  • 14. Length once defined by oxen plowing, now lost in imperial tangles

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