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Forgotten Scales of Ancient Measures
Explore the lost world of archaic and obsolete measurement units once used across regions and centuries.
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  • 1. Old English measure of distance, originally the length of a furrow
  • 3. Unit of weight equal to 28 pounds in British measurement
  • 5. British unit of weight, commonly used for measuring body weight
  • 8. Unit of length equal to 66 feet, used in land surveying
Down
  • 2. Unit of area equal to a quarter of an acre
  • 4. Large cask or barrel used for measuring liquids or dry goods
  • 6. Ancient unit of mass and currency used in the Mediterranean
  • 7. A measure of length or area, also called a rod
  • 9. Historical unit of length based on the forearm's length
  • 10. Smallest unit of weight formerly used in apothecaries and jewellers

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