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Forgotten Measures of Ancient Weights
Explore a crossword puzzle featuring obsolete and historical units of measurement once used around the world.
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  • 1. Ancient Near Eastern unit of weight
  • 3. Apothecary weight about 20 grains
  • 5. Large measure for wine or beer barrels
  • 6. Unit still used for horses, equal to 4 inches
  • 8. Historic maritime measure related to rowing distance
  • 9. Obsolete unit of energy replaced by the watt-second
  • 10. Land measurement unit equal to 66 feet
  • 15. Pole or perch, an old unit of length about 5.5 yards
  • 18. Ancient weight unit used by Greeks and Romans
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  • 2. Typographic unit historically used in printing
  • 4. Unit formerly used to weigh gemstones (now standardized)
  • 7. Old English measure of distance, about 1/8 mile
  • 11. Unit used to measure stacked firewood
  • 12. Old volume measure typically for dry goods
  • 13. Historical Hebrew unit of weight and currency
  • 14. Small unit of weight historically used for precious metals
  • 16. Medieval measure of length, often used for cloth
  • 17. A weight unit equal to 25 pounds in historic English use
  • 19. Obsolete French unit of distance, roughly 3 miles
  • 20. Depth measure, especially for water, about 6 feet

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