Explore the lost world of antiquated measurement units once used across history in this crossword puzzle.
Forgotten Measures of Historic Scales
Explore the hidden world of obsolete measurement units once common in trade, science, and daily life across history.
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Across
- 2. Unit of length used in land measurement, 66 feet
- 3. Unit of weight, one-fourth of a hundredweight
- 4. Surveying length measure equal to 16.5 feet
- 5. Small unspecified quantity, archaic measure
- 8. Oldweight unit for trading wool or coal
- 11. Weight unit also used as a small measure of alcohol
- 13. Old measure of distance roughly three miles
Down
- 1. Typographic measurement equal to 1/6 inch
- 6. Nautical depth measure equal to six feet
- 7. Measure of height typically used for horses, 4 inches
- 9. Tiny unit of mass based on cereal seed weight
- 10. Large cask size used for liquids like tobacco or wine
- 12. Unit of distance once used in horse racing, 1/8 mile
- 14. Ancient Greek and Roman weight for precious metals
- 15. Unit of dry volume, one quarter of a bushel
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