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  2. Roman brick - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Roman bricks had a general size of 1½ Roman feet by 1 Roman foot, but common variations up to 15 inches existed. Other brick sizes in Ancient Rome included 24" x 12" x 4", and 15" x 8" x 10". Ancient Roman bricks found in France measured 8" x 8" x 3". The Constantine Basilica in Trier is constructed from Roman bricks 15" square by 1½ ...

  3. List of obsolete units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Peck – the name of two different units of volume, one imperial and one U.S. Both equaled about 9 litres. Puddee; Salt spoon – used in the U.S., up to and possibly after of the American Revolution. Four salt spoons equaled one teaspoon. [14] Seah; Ser

  4. Ancient Roman units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Imperial equivalent Description pes quadratus square foot 1 pes qu. 0.0876 m 2 0.943 sq ft scrupulum or decempeda quadrata 100 pedes qu. 8.76 m 2 94.3 sq ft the square of the standard 10-foot measuring rod actus simplex 480 pedes qu. 42.1 m 2 453 sq ft 4 × 120 pedes [12] uncia 2,400 pedes qu. 210 m 2 2,260 sq ft clima

  5. Ancient Roman architecture - Wikipedia

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    Shapes included square, rectangular, triangular and round, and the largest bricks found have measured over three feet in length. [23] Ancient Roman bricks had a general size of 1½ Roman feet by 1 Roman foot, but common variations up to 15 inches existed. Other brick sizes in ancient Rome included 24" x 12" x 4", and 15" x 8" x 10".

  6. Imperial units - Wikipedia

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    The former Weights and Measures office in Seven Sisters, London (590 Seven Sisters Road). The imperial system of units, imperial system or imperial units (also known as British Imperial [1] or Exchequer Standards of 1826) is the system of units first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act 1824 and continued to be developed through a series of Weights and Measures Acts and amendments.

  7. Brick - Wikipedia

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    The standard brick sizes in Mesopotamia followed a general rule: the width of the dried or burned brick would be twice its thickness, and its length would be double its width. [ 8 ] The South Asian inhabitants of Mehrgarh also constructed air-dried mudbrick structures between 7000 and 3300 BC [ 9 ] and later the ancient Indus Valley cities of ...

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  9. Brickwork - Wikipedia

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    Working dimensions is the size of a manufactured brick. It is also called the nominal size of a brick. Brick size may be slightly different due to shrinkage or distortion due to firing, etc. An example of a co-ordinating metric commonly used for bricks in the UK is as follows: [4] [5] [6] Bricks of dimensions 215 mm × 102.5 mm × 65 mm;