Explore the lost world of antiquated measurement units once used across history in this crossword puzzle.
Forgotten Measures of Bygone Eras
A crossword exploring archaic and obsolete units of measurement from history, highlighting forgotten methods of gauging length, weight, and volume.
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Across
- 1. Ancient measurement related to land and grain (less common)
- 2. Measurement of length used in land surveying
- 3. Small unit of weight or volume, now largely replaced
- 5. Former French unit of length or volume, part of metric system evolution
- 6. Roman unit of length roughly equal to a pace
- 10. Ancient apothecary weight unit
- 14. Obscure unit of weight from medieval times
- 16. Tiny unit of mass once used in medicine and gunpowder
- 17. Old English unit also known as a perch or pole
Down
- 4. Traditional Turkish unit of weight
- 7. British unit of mass, mostly obsolete for trade
- 8. Old metric unit equal to 10 kilometers
- 9. Large cask size for liquids, now rarely used
- 11. Small barrel unit once used for butter or beer
- 12. Distance equal to 220 yards, used in horse racing
- 13. Medieval unit of length, often used for cloth
- 15. Roman unit of land area, about a quarter acre
- 18. Typographic unit, once used as a measuring standard
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