Weights and Measures on Duria

Most of the people of Duria use the Imperial system of measurement, based on the old Aebasan system. Though the Bakali system of measurement is almost never used on Duria, there are some merchants in Neptaris who are skilled at converting between the systems.

Original article: Imperial Measurements

Linear

• 1 inch = 3 barleycorn
• 1 hand = 4 inches
• 1 foot = 12 inches
• 1 yard = 3 feet
• 1 fathom = 6 feet
• 1 rod = 16 ½ feet
• 1 chain = 4 rods (66 feet)
• 1 furlong = 10 chains (660 feet)
• 1 mile = 8 furlongs (5280 feet)
• 1 league = 3 miles: distance a person can walk in an hour

Area

• 1 acre = 1 chain by 1 furlong (4840 sq yds): As much area as can be ploughed in one day.
• 1 bovate = 15 acres: Amount of land one ox can plough in a single year.
• 1 virgate = 2 bovates (30 acres): Amount of land a pair of oxen can plough in a single year.
• 1 hide = 2-4 virgates: Measurement of land able to support a single household (varies depending on soil quality and weather).
• 1 hundred = 100 hides

Volume

• 1 mouthful = ½ ounce
• 1 jack = 5 mouthfuls
• 1 gill = 2 jacks
• 1 cup = 2 gills
• 1 pint = 2 cups: A pint of pure water weighs a pound and a quarter.
• 1 quart = 2 pints
• 1 pottle = 2 quarts
• 1 gallon = 2 pottles
• 1 peck = 2 gallons
• 1 pail = 2 pecks (4 gallons)
• 1 bushel = 2 pails (8 gallons)
• 1 cask = 2 bushels (16 gallons)
• 1 barrel = 2 casks (32 gallons)
• 1 hogshead = 2 barrels (64 gallons)
• 1 butt = 2 hogsheads (128 gallons)
• 1 tun = 2 butts (256 gallons)

Weight

• 1 pound = 7000 grains (of barley)
• 1 ounce = 16 dram
• 1 pound = 16 ounces
• 1 clove = 7 pounds
• 1 stone = 2 cloves (14 lbs)
• 1 hundredweight = 100 pounds
• 1 ton = 20 hundredweight