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Forgotten Measures from History’s Vault
A crossword exploring archaic and obsolete units of measurement once used across cultures and centuries.
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Across
  • 1. Unit of length equal to 220 yards
  • 3. Greek unit of weight used in apothecaries
  • 5. Small unit of mass originally based on a cereal seed
  • 7. Obsolete French unit of length, about 18 inches
  • 8. German unit of length, about 6 feet
  • 12. Old measure of length, roughly the length of a forearm
  • 14. Old French league, roughly 4 kilometers
  • 16. Measurement equal to 66 feet, used in surveying
Down
  • 2. Also called a pole or perch, 16.5 feet long
  • 4. Old typographic unit roughly 1/6 inch
  • 6. Large barrel used for wine or tobacco
  • 9. Unit used to measure dry goods, traditionally 8 bushels
  • 10. Traditional African unit of length (approx. 30 cm)
  • 11. Ancient weight unit, roughly 20 grains
  • 13. Still used for measuring horse height, equals 4 inches
  • 15. Historical unit of weight used in Middle East
  • 17. Ancient unit based on the length of the forearm

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