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It would be interesting to take all the measures that refer to real objects (tablespoons, feet, stones, etc...) and to compare them to whatever "average" of act
by flixic 6y ago
It would be interesting to take all the measures that refer to real objects (tablespoons, feet, stones, etc...) and to compare them to whatever "average" of actual objects we can devise.
- paledot 6y ago"Stone" is a particularly fun one. It's akin to measuring length in "pieces of string".
- benjohnson 6y ago"Chains" is currently used measurement for length.
- paledot 6y agoBarbarians.
- ofrzeta 6y agoI own a book with that exact topic. Unfortunately it's only available in German probably because it's a very niche interest. It's called "Das Maß im Kochen", roughly translated as "The measure in cooking" or "Measurement in cooking" by Renate Breuss. For instance it contains a chapter about time durations that have historically been measured or compared to the time you needed walking a known length. Presumably in a time where not everyone owned a watch.