Explore the lost world of antiquated measurement units once used across history in this crossword puzzle.
Forgotten Scales and Ancient Measures
Explore a crossword featuring obsolete measurement units once used across cultures, revealing historical ways to measure length, weight, and volume.
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Across
- 1. Weight measure equal to 28 pounds in old English system
- 2. Medieval measure roughly equal to a cubit for cloth
- 3. Unit of length used to measure water depth
- 4. Unit of dry volume used for agricultural produce
- 7. Traditional unit of length equal to 5.5 yards
- 9. Obsolete unit of mass, 1/24 of an ounce
- 10. Ancient unit of mass used in trade and weighing metals
- 11. Also known as a rod, used for land measurement
- 16. Small unit of weight, based on a single cereal seed
Down
- 5. Long-distance unit, traditionally about 3 miles
- 6. Used as a unit of length or weight based on a grain size
- 8. Large cask capacity used historically in trading
- 12. Historic unit of mass or volume from ancient Greece
- 13. Old English unit of distance equivalent to 220 yards
- 14. Distance unit used in surveying, 66 feet long
- 15. Old volume measure, varied by region and used for liquids
- 17. Ancient Babylonian weight measure, precursor to talent
- 18. Ancient Spanish unit of length, roughly a forearm's length
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