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Historic Measures and Forgotten Scales
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  • 1. Ancient measure of length based on the forearm from elbow to fingertip
  • 2. A distance roughly three miles, often used by sailors and explorers
  • 3. British unit of weight equal to 14 pounds
  • 5. Russian unit roughly equivalent to 28 inches, used for measuring fabric
  • 8. An old German unit equal to about 6 feet used in measuring timber
  • 9. Historical apothecary weight, about 3.5 grams
  • 11. Measure of volume once used commonly for dry and liquid goods
  • 12. Old typographic unit measuring the length of print characters
  • 17. Medieval land measurement unit thought sufficient to support a household
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  • 4. Ancient weight unit used for precious metals and large quantities
  • 6. Old English measure, originally the length of a furrow in a field, 220 yards
  • 7. A medieval unit of length used for cloth, roughly the length of a forearm
  • 10. Obsolete French measure for sundials and time intervals
  • 13. Length measuring device used in surveying, equal to 66 feet
  • 14. Tiny old unit once used for weighing seeds and medicines
  • 15. Ancient unit of weight used in Mesopotamia and Greece, about a pound
  • 16. Obsolete unit once used for measuring quantities of certain materials like paper
  • 18. Traditional measure of length equal to 16.5 feet, used in land surveying

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