Imperial Units of Length:
(1 foot = 0.3048m(E))
UK Statute League = 1
UK Statute Mile = Land = 3
Pole = Perch = Rod = 960
Yard = 5280
Cubit = 10,560
Foot = 15,840
Span = 21,120
Hand = 47,520
Palm = 63,360
Inch = 190,080
UK Line = 2,280,960
Other UK units of length are:
Skein = 360 feet
Bolt = 120 feet
Shackle = 90 feet
Rope = 20 feet
Ell = 45 inches
Nail = 9 inches
Span = 9 inches * see above
Barleycorn = 1/3 inch
Calibre = 0.01 inch
Mil = 0.001 inch
UK Nautical Measures are:
Nautical League = 1
Nautical Mile = 3
Nautical Cable = 30
Nautical Chain = 1216
Fathom = 3040
Yard = 6080
Foot = 18,240
Inch = 218,880
UK Surveyors' Measures:
(All now obsolete except Furlong in horse racing)
Statute Mile = 1
Furlong = 8
Gunter's Chain = 80
Rod = 320
Yard = 1760
Foot = 5280
Gunter's Link = 8000
And nothing to do with length, but I like the names, the following are the UK Imperial units of Liquid and dry measure.
Liquid:
Wey = 1
Chaldron = 10/9
Bag = 40/3
Bucket = 80
Gallon = 320
Pottle = 640
Quart = 1280
Pint = 2560
Gill = 10,240
Fluid Ounce = 51,200
Fluid Dram = 409,600
Minim = 24,576,000
Dry:
Wey = 1
Chaldron = 10/9
Sack = 40/3
Bushel = 40
Bucket = 80
Peck = 160
Gallon = 320
Quart = 1280
Pint = 2560
Other UK capacity units are:
Last = 640 Gallons* (*=UK)
Butt = 108
Puncheon = 70
Seam = Quarter = 64
Hogshead = 63
Coomb = 32
Kilderkin = 18
Strike = 16
Firkin = 9
Roquille = Noggin = Quarten = 1 Gill (UK)
Drop = 1 Minim (UK)
Obsolete Measures:
UK Beer, Wine & Spirits:
Octave (Whisky) = 16 Gallons (approx)
Quarter = 17-30
Aum (Hock) = 30-32
Hogshead = 44-60
Hogshead (Madeira) = 45-48
Hogshead (Brandy) = 56-61
Puncheon = 70-120
Pipe = 90-120
Butt = 108-117
Tonneau (Tun) = 190-200
Stuck = 260-265
Beer only:
Tun = 1
Butt = 2
Puncheon = 3
Hogshead = 4
Barrel = 6
Firkin = 24
Pin = 48
Gallon = 216
Wine:
French Name // Reputed Quarts //UK Gallons
English Name (Bottles)
Nabuchodonosor // 20 // 10/3
Nabuchadnezzar
Balthasar // 16 // 8/3
Belshazzar
Salmanazar // 12 // 2
Salmarazd
Mathusalem // 9 // 3/2
Methuselah
Rehoboam // 6 // 1
Rehoboam
Jeroboam // 4 // 2/3
Jeroboam
Magnum // 2 // 1/3
Magnum
Bouteille Champenoise //1 // 1/6
Reputed Quart
[This message has been edited by ORAC (edited 04 February 2001).]