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  2. Megalithic yard - Wikipedia

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    The megalithic yard is a hypothetical ancient unit of length equal to about 2.72 feet (0.83 m). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Some researchers believe it was used in the construction of megalithic structures. The proposal was made by Alexander Thom as a result of his surveys of 600 megalithic sites in England , Scotland , Wales and Brittany . [ 4 ]

  3. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    One brass is exactly 100 square feet (9.29 m 2) area (used in measurement of work done or to be done, such as plastering, painting, etc.). The same word is used, however, for 100 cubic feet (2.83 m 3 ) of estimated or supplied loose material, such as sand, gravel, rubble, etc.

  4. Sand table - Wikipedia

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    A sand table uses constrained sand for modelling or educational purposes. The original version of a sand table may be the abax used by early Greek students. In the modern era, one common use for a sand table is to make terrain models for military planning and wargaming .

  5. Sri Lankan units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    One ammonam was equal to 203.4 L. [1] One parrah = 1 ⁄ 8 ammonam, oneseer = 1 ⁄ 288 ammonam and the chundoo was equal to nearly half a pint. [2] Maccauly stated in 1818 that to the north of Colombo an Ammonam contained 16 Parahs, and 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 Ammonams equalled one Acre, but that to the south there were 8 Parahs to the Ammonam.

  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. Area - Wikipedia

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    1 acre = 4,840 square yards = 43,560 square feet. An acre is approximately 40% of a hectare. On the atomic scale, area is measured in units of barns, such that: [13] 1 barn = 10 −28 square meters. The barn is commonly used in describing the cross-sectional area of interaction in nuclear physics. [13]

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  9. Square yard - Wikipedia

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    Comparison of 1 square yard with some Imperial and metric units of area. The square yard (Northern India: gaj, Pakistan: gaz) is an imperial unit and U.S. customary unit of area. It is in widespread use in most of the English-speaking world, particularly the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Pakistan and India.