Obsolete Tatar weights and measures
A native system of Tatar weights and measures was used by Tatars until 1924, but became obsolete when the Soviet Union adopted SI units.
The Tatar system shares many units with the Russian system (e.g. sajın and disätinä), which in turn was influenced by the English, therefore a duym is pretty much equal to an inch. This
Ancient Polish weights and measures
Ancient Polishweights and measures included:
- Garniec [http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garniec]
- Grzywna [http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grzywna_%28ekonomia%29] and [http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grzywna_%28jednostka_miar%29]
- Kamień [http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamie%C5%84_%28miara%29]
- Korz
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Length
The Roman foot has been found to range in length from about 295.7 mm to about 296.7 mm; that is from ~ 0.970 to ~ 0.973 English
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