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Forgotten Measures of Ancient Times
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  • 2. Obsolete Indian unit of weight once used for precious metals
  • 3. Old weight equal to 28 pounds, used mainly in agricultural trade
  • 5. British unit for body weight, equal to 14 pounds
  • 10. Traditional length used to measure the depth of water
  • 11. Smallest unit used in weighing, especially precious metals
  • 13. Liquid measure equal to a quarter of a pint
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  • 1. Apothecaries’ unit of weight or volume, roughly 1/16 of an ounce
  • 4. Historical unit of weight used by apothecaries, about 1.3 grams
  • 6. Ancient unit based on the length of the forearm from elbow to fingertip
  • 7. Medieval cloth measure approximately the length of a forearm
  • 8. Ancient unit of mass widely used in the Mediterranean civilizations
  • 9. Old English unit of distance historically used in horse racing
  • 12. Also called a perch, a length roughly equal to 16.5 feet
  • 14. Surveyors used this 66-foot measurement for land
  • 15. Roman 'mille passus', meaning a thousand paces, an ancient distance unit
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