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Forgotten Measures of Time and Length
Explore a variety of archaic measurement units that were once common in trade, navigation, and daily life but are now obsolete.
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  • 1. Also called a pole, an old unit of length
  • 2. Grain used as the basis for ancient length units
  • 3. Unit of apothecaries' weight, 20 grains
  • 5. Unit of distance, historically around 3 miles
  • 6. Land measurement unit used in surveying
  • 9. Nautical depth measurement roughly 6 feet
  • 13. Unit for measuring gemstones and pearls
Down
  • 4. Unit equal to 4 inches often used for horses
  • 7. Weight unit occasionally used in commerce
  • 8. Ancient length unit equal to 220 yards
  • 10. Small unit used for measuring weight
  • 11. Time unit, originally 1/60 of an hour
  • 12. Informal unit sometimes used for length or weight
  • 14. Old weight or volume measurement for goods

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