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  2. Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The kezayit is, by different sources, considered equal to 1 ⁄ 2 a beitza, 1 ⁄ 3 of a beitza, or not directly related to the other units of volume. The omer, which the Torah mentions as being equal to one-tenth of an ephah, [30] is equivalent to the capacity of 43.2 eggs, or what is also known as one-tenth of three seahs. [31]

  3. List of obsolete units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Sack – originally a medieval unit of mass, equal to 26 stone (364 pounds, or about 165 kg). Since a unit of dry volume , equal to 24 imperial gallons (about 109 liters). Schoenus – a unit of area or length

  4. Cuban units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Several units were used to measure volume. As in 1920s, one bocoy was equal to 136.27 L. [1] [3] One barrile was equal to 1/6 bocoy. [1] [3] One arroba (liquid measure) was equal to 4.263 gallons. One fanega (dry measure), which was rarely used, was equal to 1.599 bushels, and one fanega (liquid measure) was equal to 16 gallons. [2]

  5. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    An Olympic-size swimming pool holds over 2 acre-feet of water For larger volumes of liquid, one measure commonly used in the media in many countries is the Olympic-size swimming pool. [47] A 50 m × 25 m (164 ft × 82 ft) Olympic swimming pool, built to the FR3 minimum depth of 2 metres (6.6 ft) would hold 2,500 m 3 (660,000 US gal).

  6. Ancient Greek units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    0.095 m 2 (1.02 sq ft) square foot hexapodēs ἑξαπόδης: 36 podes 3.42 m 2 (36.8 sq ft) square six-foot akaina ἄκαινα: 100 podes 9.50 m 2 (102.3 sq ft) rod hēmiektos ἡμίεκτος: 833 + 1 ⁄ 3 podes 79.2 m 2 (853 sq ft) half a sixth hektos ἕκτος: 1,666 + 2 ⁄ 3 podes 158.3 m 2 (1,704 sq ft) a sixth of a plethron ...

  7. English units - Wikipedia

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    An area of land one chain (four rods) wide by one furlong in length. As the traditional furlong could vary in length from country to country, so did the acre. In England an acre was 4,840 square yards (4,050 m 2), in Scotland 6,150 square yards (5,140 m 2) and in Ireland 7,840 square yards (6,560 m 2). It is a Saxon unit, meaning "field".

  8. Italian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    1 boccale = 4 quartucci = 1.1396 L [12] 1 fiasco # = 2 boccale [23] 1 fiasco # = 2 boccali = 2.279 L [55] 1 barile # = 20 fiasci = 12.0444 gallons = 133 + 1 ⁄ 3 libbre (weight) [23] 1 barile † = 20 fiasci = 12.0444 gallons = 120 libbre (weight) [23] 1 barile ‡ = 16 fiasci = 120 libbre (weight) [23] 1 soma ‡ = 2 barile [23]

  9. Cubic inch - Wikipedia

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    The cubic inch and the cubic foot are used as units of volume in the United States, although the common SI units of volume, the liter, milliliter, and cubic meter, are also used, especially in manufacturing and high technology. One cubic inch is exactly 16.387 064 mL. One cubic foot is equal to exactly 1,728 cubic inches (28.316846592 L), as 12 ...