Weights & Measures

  • Can someone explain what the non-metric weights and measures mean? + would be fascinated if anyone knew about their origins, e.g. the stone as a measurement of weight.

    25 Jul 2005, 07:14 Anonymous
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  • Imperial weights rock

    Goto http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_unit

    The old measures are all related to normal stuff (ie a foot is the length of a foot) and a stone seems to be more mysterious

    Also here http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0769529.html

    Anonymous 06 Aug 2005, 03:56 - Report
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