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• Ask Numbers - Metric and Imperial Unit Converters and Conversion Tables

  Conversions between different metrics of length, weight, temperature and more.

• Belgian units of measurement - Wikipedia

• Common Equivalent Weights and Measures

• Convert-Me.com - Measurements Converter: Conversion of Weights and Measures

• English Customary Weights and Measures

  Explains the origins of the system still in use in the United States.

• English weights & measures

  Information on many areas of measurement including historical.

• FamilySearch Wiki - Weight and Measurement in Old Norway

• Gamla svenska mått / Old Swedish Measurements

  Weights and measures.

• German Genealogy: Old Units / Flächenmaße

  Translation table of old to contemporary units of measurement. Includes area, length, volume, weights, counts, speed, coins, & worldwide measurements.

• How Many? - A Dictionary of Units of Measurement

  How many cloves in a stone? How many bushels to a seam? This is an encyclopedic listing of current, historical, and obscure measurements from around the world.

• Imperial Weights and Measures

• Index of Imperial Russian Weights & Measures

  In order to find and use specific types of Russian records, resarchers need to be able to identify and understand some key terms in the Russian language. This glossary contains terms relating to weights and measures in Imperial Russia, transliterated from Russian, along with their English translations. The terms included here are those that you are likely to find in Russian genealogical sources.

• Norsk Forlishistorisk Forening - Gamle norske måleenheter (Wayback Machine)

  Information on old Norwegian units from ancient to modern times.

• Old Imperial Lengths & Areas, etc

• Sizes: The Online Quantinary

  • World Weights and Measures, Past and Present; Units and Systems of Units; Indexes; Scales

• Spanish units of measurement (Wikipedia)

• U.S. Weights and Measures

  Includes area measures and surveyor's chain measures.

• Units of Weight and Measure (United States Customary and Metric) Definitions and Tables of Equivalents (1960)

• Weights & Measures

  • Historical Metrology - England

    Old English units of measurement.

  • Historical Metrology - Prussia

    Old Prussian units of measure.

  • Historical Metrology - Scotland

    Old Scottish units of measure.

• Weights and Measures of the City of Winchester, England

  The City of Winchester is fortunate in having in its keeping the oldest surviving set of standard weights, the oldest standard yard measure and a fine collection of other ancient measures and weights. These bear witness to the historic association of the name 'Winchester' with English measures of capacity.