Explore the lost world of antiquated measurement units once used across history in this crossword puzzle.
Historic Measures and Forgotten Scales
A crossword exploring archaic units of measurement from around the world, highlighting obsolete lengths, volumes, and weights once used in trade and daily life.
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Across
- 1. A typographical unit of measure equal to 1/6 of an inch
- 2. A unit of distance used in horse racing, equal to 220 yards
- 3. An old British weight unit, one-fourth of a hundredweight
- 6. An apothecary weight unit equal to 20 grains
- 7. An Ottoman unit of mass varying between regions
- 8. A small unit of weight originally based on a seed
- 10. A large cask or barrel used for measuring volume
- 12. A unit measuring stacked firewood, roughly 128 cubic feet
- 14. A volume unit once used for liquids, equal to a quarter pint
Down
- 4. A traditional French measure of distance between two places
- 5. An ancient Babylonian unit of weight equal to 60 shekels
- 9. A traditional unit of weight, often 112 pounds in Britain
- 11. A surveying measure consisting of 66 feet
- 13. An ancient unit of mass or weight used by Greeks and Romans
- 15. An old measurement roughly the width of a finger, about 3/4 inch
- 16. Also called a pole or perch, a length of 16.5 feet
- 17. An old English unit of length, roughly the length of the forearm
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