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Historic shoes sizes are measured in barleycorns. This is one third of an inch.… |
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Huh! I think of standard shoe sizes being industrial and therefore contemporar… |
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Post #AuMlmust1n2kLjwsU4 by [email protected] |
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@clew where are you getting this massive over-sized barley? |
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Post #AuMlmuzcckQmgd6Fyy by [email protected] |
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Why is your grain so pawky?@futurebird |
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@clew @futurebird Historically, three barleycons have been used as a reference … |
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Post #AuMtP55qDdVKhB9ZvU by [email protected] |
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@futurebird I always like this diagram for explaining these old measurements. A… |
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Post #AuMtP5DHlxSX4GdWWu by [email protected] |
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@Paperposts A few different cubits seem to have been omitted. I am aware of the… |
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@Paperposts @futurebird USAnians and some (mostly older) UKians: that unholy me… |
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@Paperposts If LLMs and AI images didn't exist I'd edit this to add ant… |
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Post #AuMxselL50z9XJvDJg by [email protected] |
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@futurebird @Paperposts 1 ant-foot = … I guess maybe 1/3 point* = 1/216 inch… |
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Post #AuMxz72spygyzZCsCG by [email protected] |
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@Paperposts Who is Ramsden? WHO is GUNTER? |
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Post #AuMxz78uTZVrIG1gae by [email protected] |
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@Paperposts Between the two, just looking at them. I only trust Gunter. |
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Post #AuMxz7Ea8U39ZqgDQm by [email protected] |
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@futurebird Irt's a shame that the infamous swedish mile is missing, which … |
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@Paperposts @futurebird 1 Swedish mil = 10km, but historically that has varied … |
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@dpnash What is this? A unit of distance for ants?@futurebird @Paperposts |
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Post #AuMysYAVhDzx2WCzlA by [email protected] |
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@argv_minus_one @futurebird @Paperposts Yes, based on a (very rough, open to c… |
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Post #AuN3hMJFwkoqqSmZRg by [email protected] |
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@Paperposts @futurebird this scratches my woodworker brain, thanks for sharing |
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Post #AuN8PbAYSYqrUR3xvk by [email protected] |
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@dpnash @futurebird i’m just glad it doesn’t include paper sizes or barrels… |
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Post #AuN8YvUkG6RJ8QxFeC by [email protected] |
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@Paperposts @futurebird that's an amazing chart |
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@timo21 @futurebird isn't it, found it a long time back and sadly cannot re… |
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@Paperposts @futurebird It looks like an monk from 1990 made it. It probably wo… |
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@Paperposts @futurebird A couple of weeks ago I went down a Wikipedia rabbit ho… |
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Post #AuN8ehnE7BwMNQM49o by [email protected] |
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@Paperposts @futurebird it’s even crazier than this because there were no tru… |
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@albnelson @futurebird Le Grand K is my favourite standard measurement, alas re… |
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@Paperposts @futurebird right! There’s a similar story with the meter. One of… |
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Post #AuN8fjQ3YPQxi60SvY by [email protected] |
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@Paperposts @futurebird huh, I had no idea “points” as a unit was that old,… |
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Post #AuN8i1JZzQcvn84IXw by [email protected] |
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@Paperposts @dpnash Oh we have been over the barrels around here too. Being ups… |
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@futurebird I know, all those fun, snarky, and silly things, now seem to hold m… |
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@dpnash @futurebird @Paperposts "Ant" is more like "ape" in… |
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@mothninja @futurebird thank you, i wasn’t sure if 10 or 20, and went with 20… |
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Post #AuN931QKmPeiD7F4q0 by [email protected] |
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@albnelson @futurebird that book looks right up my alley |
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@futurebird @Paperposts I dunno if I'd give either of those gentlemen an in… |
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@Paperposts @futurebird 85 shaftments per Ramsden's chains! This is where t… |
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@futurebird @Paperposts :akaSad: but at least shop in your cat? |
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@timo21 @Paperposts @futurebird 90s monks were the best |
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@futurebird For better memorization. |
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@Paperposts @futurebird I like this chart better. |
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@Paperposts @futurebird It’s gotten dark out, sliver moon over the lake but e… |
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@Paperposts @futurebird 10 km is the modern length of a Swedish "mil"… |
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@futurebirdRamsden looks like he is played by Rowan Atkinson in a lost season o… |
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@futurebirdWHO is PICA???@Paperposts |
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@notsoloud @futurebird that’s a show i would definitely watch |
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@PaperpostsNot so sure myself, Baldrick in a machine shop gives me heebies 😬… |
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@Paperposts @futurebird I find some parts of it distressingly misleading. Nauti… |
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@isotopp @Paperposts @futurebird From the teaspoon:cup ratio, I assume this is … |
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@hypostase @isotopp @Paperposts @futurebird Imperial volumes are binary, though… |
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@Paperposts @futurebird One problem with this diagram is, that it doesn't a… |
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@isotoppOld UK land measure is still used by (real) estate agents selling large… |
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@isotoppIf it's any help, a furlong was a medieval measure of the length of… |
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@isotopp @Paperposts @futurebird Wait, where are minums, drams, jacks, gills, a… |
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Post #AuNwS4GkEXac1qKTMu by [email protected] |
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@isotopp @Paperposts @futurebird it misses the acre-foot:( |
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Post #AuNwS4NTpUyeMjTqro by [email protected] |
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@glowl @isotopp @Paperposts @futurebird And the gill. |
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@Phosphenes @isotopp @Paperposts @futurebird My present understanding, is that … |
