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  2. List of obsolete units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Arroba – an Iberian unit of weight, equivalent to 11.5 kilograms [6] Buddam; Candy; Corgee – an obsolete unit of mass equal to 212 moodahs, or rush mat bundles of rice. The unit was used in the Canara (now Kanara) region of Karnataka in India. Cullingey; Dharni; Dirham; Duella; Dutch cask – a British unit of mass, used for butter and ...

  3. Medieval weights and measures - Wikipedia

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    rast –Lit. "rest", the old name of the mil. A suitable distance between rests when walking. Believed to be approx. 9 km before 1541. mil – Norwegian mile, spelled miil prior to 1862, 18000 alen or 11.295 km. Before 1683, a mil was defined as 17600 alen or 11.13 km. The unit survives to this day, but in a metric 10 km adaptation

  4. Weighing scale - Wikipedia

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    A Material Handler Scale can also transfer the weighing information to a cloud service or an ERP system for real-time monitoring and management of material flow. A pallet jack scale is a device that combines a pallet jack and a weighing scale. It allows you to weigh and move pallets at the same time, saving time and labor.

  5. Openclipart - Wikipedia

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    Openclipart, also called Open Clip Art Library, is an online media repository of free-content vector clip art.The project hosts over 160,000 free graphics and has billed itself as "the largest community of artists making the best free original clipart for you to use for absolutely any reason".

  6. File:Unbalanced scales.svg - Wikipedia

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    More than 100 pages use this file. The following list shows the first 100 pages that use this file only. A full list is available.. Abdulaziz; Afterlife; Altaic languages

  7. Fairbanks-Morse - Wikipedia

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    Fairbanks, Morse and Company was an American manufacturing company in the late 19th and early 20th century. Founded in 1823 as a manufacturer of weighing scales, it later diversified into pumps, engines, windmills, coffee grinders, radios, farm tractors, feed mills, locomotives, and industrial supplies.

  8. History of measurement systems in India - Wikipedia

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    The history of measurement systems in India begins in early Indus Valley civilisation with the earliest surviving samples dated to the 3rd millennium BCE. [1] Since early times the adoption of standard weights and measures has reflected in the country's architectural, folk, and metallurgical artifacts. [1]

  9. Ruler - Wikipedia

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    A variety of rulers A carpenter's rule Retractable flexible rule or tape measure A closeup of a steel ruler A ruler in combination with a letter scale. A ruler, sometimes called a rule, scale or a line gauge or metre/meter stick, is an instrument used to make length measurements, whereby a length is read from a series of markings called "rules" along an edge of the device. [1]