Hidden Measures: Quirky Units Revealed
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- 2. A unit measuring luminous intensity, now replaced by candela
- 3. A nautical unit of depth equaling six feet
- 4. An unusual historic unit of length once used in Scandinavia
- 7. A traditional apothecary weight unit, roughly 1.3 grams
- 10. A small cask used as a volume unit for liquids
- 11. A small weight unit used in measuring precious metals
- 14. A land measurement unit equal to 66 feet
- 15. An archaic English weight measure, roughly one and a half pounds
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- 1. A historic measure for land and length used in surveying
- 5. Rare unit of weight formerly used in the Middle East
- 6. A large barrel used as a volume unit, especially for wine or ale
- 8. A unit of dry volume historically used in agriculture
- 9. An old unit of distance, one-eighth of a mile
- 12. An old Russian unit of distance about 1.067 kilometers
- 13. Weight unit for gemstones, equal to 200 milligrams
- 16. Obscure old English length measure, less than an inch
- 17. Ancient unit of mass and money in the Mediterranean
- 18. A derived unit of energy in physics
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