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Explore measurements
Every published record, grouped by what it measures.
Length 53 records
- angula
- South Asian aṅgula (24-aṅgula hasta reference)
- arshin
- astronomical unit
- attoparsec
- beard-second
- Beard-second (10 nm convention)
- Beard-second (5 nm convention)
- centimetre
- chi
- cubit (biblical)
- Biblical ordinary cubit (reference reconstruction)
- Ezekiel long cubit
- cun
- Egyptian common cubit
- Egyptian common/small cubit (reference reconstruction)
- Egyptian royal cubit
- Egyptian royal cubit (reference reconstruction)
- ell
- Flemish ell
- Scottish ell
- English ell
- foot
- hasta
- South Asian hasta (24-aṅgula textual reference)
- inch
- ken
- kilometre
- kivenheitto
- kos
- South Asian kos / krośa (observatory reference)
- li (Chinese distance)
- light-year
- lunar distance
- metre
- mile
- millimetre
- nautical mile
- Paris foot (pied du roi)
- parsec
- pes (Roman foot)
- poronkusema
- pyramid inch
- Roman mile (mille passus)
- shaku
- Sheppey
- smoot
- stadion (Olympia)
- toise
- verst
- yard
- yojana
- South Asian yojana (observatory reference)
Volume 28 records
- acre-foot
- amphora quadrantal
- bath (biblical volume)
- Biblical bath (common scholarly reconstruction)
- butt
- English wine butt / pipe (early 17th c. nominal)
- cubic foot
- cubic inch
- cubic metre
- cubic yard
- cup (US customary)
- ephah
- Biblical ephah (common scholarly reconstruction)
- fluid ounce (Imperial)
- fluid ounce (US)
- gallon (Imperial)
- gallon (US liquid)
- hekat
- Egyptian hekat (Old/Middle Kingdom reference)
- hogshead
- English wine hogshead (early 17th c. nominal)
- koku
- litre
- millilitre
- pint (Imperial)
- pint (US liquid)
- quart (Imperial)
- quart (US liquid)
Mass 26 records
- dalton / unified atomic mass unit
- deben
- Egyptian deben (New Kingdom standard)
- Egyptian gold deben (Old/Middle Kingdom range)
- Egyptian copper deben (Old/Middle Kingdom reference)
- gram
- Greek talent
- Attic talent
- jin (catty)
- kilogram
- Mesopotamian shekel (later reference standard)
- ounce (avoirdupois)
- pood
- pound (avoirdupois)
- Roman libra
- seer
- British Indian standard seer (1939)
- shekel (ancient mass)
- mina (Mesopotamian)
- stone
- talent (Mesopotamian)
- Mesopotamian talent (later reference standard)
- tola
- tonne
Area 16 records
Energy 12 records
Time 10 records
Frequency 5 records
Fuel efficiency 4 records
Angle 4 records
Pressure 3 records
Temperature 3 records
Acceleration 2 records
Viscosity 2 records
Electric charge 2 records
Kinematic viscosity 2 records
Speed 2 records
Torque 2 records
Electric current 1 records
Electric potential 1 records
Electrical capacitance 1 records
Electrical conductance 1 records
Electrical resistance 1 records
Force 1 records
Inductance 1 records
Magnetic flux 1 records
Magnetic flux density 1 records
Risk 1 records
Solid angle 1 records
Measurement families and collections
The same collection, seen from other directions. Each of these groupings lives on the Explore page.
Civilisations and regions
- International 82
- UK / US 21
- Mesopotamia / Levant 14
- South Asia 11
- Various 11
- Ancient Egypt 10
- China / East Asia 9
- Europe 7
- Ancient Greece / Rome 6
- US / UK 5
- England / Britain 4
- United States 4
- Russia / Eastern Europe 3
- France / Europe 2
- Nordic countries / Finland 2
- Ancient Athens / Attic standard 1
- British India 1
- International / Europe 1
- Rohtak, India 1
- United Kingdom / Commonwealth 1
Historical eras
How a unit came to be
- Historical 35
- SI / metric 33
- US customary / Imperial 25
- Historical / regional 24
- Scientific / engineering 11
- Standard / historical / informal 9
- Ancient / historical 7
- Humorous / informal 7
- SI 6
- Scientific 4
- CGS / scientific 3
- Historical / regional 3
- Metric 3
- Conventional / astronomical 2
- Fictional / pseudoscientific 2
- Historical / specialized 2
- Industry / specialized 2
- Scientific / computing 2
- Standard / scientific / humorous 2
- US customary 2
- US customary / engineering 2
- Imperial 1
- Industry / metric 1
- Metric non SI / conventional 1
- Nautical / standardized 1
- Scientific / historical 1
- Scientific / non SI 1
- Scientific / standardized 1
- Scientific / technical 1
- SI / engineering 1
- Specialized / risk 1