Explore rare and forgotten units of measurement from history and science in this challenging crossword.
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Forgotten Scales of Ancient Measures
Explore rare and unusual units of measurement from history and niche fields with this challenging crossword puzzle.
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- 1. Scottish measure equal to the distance between thumb and little finger
- 3. Ancient weight unit used in Babylon
- 5. Old apothecary weight, about 1.3 grams
- 7. Obscure term sometimes used as a measure
- 8. Large barrel unit for liquids
- 11. Old measure related to a tenth part
- 12. Measurement in flax or hemp processing
- 15. Ancient unit of mass or volume
- 20. Unit for dry volume, mostly for produce
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- 2. Abbreviation for a tiny apothecary weight
- 4. Smallest unit in troy weight system
- 6. Small liquid measure, often for spirits
- 9. Originally length of a furrow in a field
- 10. Obscure old measure linked to finger length
- 13. Greek land measure, about 1,000 m²
- 14. A tiny, unspecified amount
- 16. Length used by surveyors, 66 feet
- 17. Old unit of luminous intensity
- 18. Obscure in everyday use, unit of energy
- 19. Measurement based on width of the human hand
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