Explore the lost world of antiquated measurement units once used across history in this crossword puzzle.
Forgotten Scales of Ancient Measures
Explore the world of obsolete measurement units that once shaped trade, land, and science in history.
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- 1. An old distance unit used in horse racing
- 2. Unit once used to measure horse height
- 3. Traditional Indian unit of mass, often for grain
- 6. Ancient apothecaries' weight, one twenty-fourth of an ounce
- 8. Now archaic, used to measure distance across land or sea
- 9. Ancient measure based on the width of a finger
- 11. An old land measurement, also called a pole or perch
Down
- 4. Unit of length equal to 66 feet used in surveying
- 5. Large cask measurement historically used for wine or tobacco
- 7. A former English unit used for measuring cloth
- 10. Obsolete Greek land measure roughly equivalent to 1,000 square meters
- 12. A small obsolete liquid measurement, quarter of a pint
- 13. Archaic unit based on forearm length
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