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Some of the more obscure Imperial Measurements never used in Room 84 
(Whose only relevant measurement was "Pint")

 

Cloth Measurements Cheese or Butter
2.25 inches = 1 nail 1 clove = 8 pounds (lb)
4 nails = 1 quarter of a yard 1 wey = 32 cloves in Suffolk or 42 cloves in Essex
3 quarters = 1 Flemish ell
4 quarters = 1 Yard
5 quarters = 1 English ell
6 quarters = 1 French ell
4 q + 1 inch = 1 Scotch ell

Linear and Square Measurements
1 inch = 3 barleycorns 4840 sq yards = 1 square mile
5.5 yards = 1 rod/pole/perch 640 acres = 1 square mile
40 poles = 1 furlong 30 acres = 1 yard of land
60 geographical miles = 1 degree 100 acres = 1 hide
69.5 statute miles = 1 degree  
3 miles =1 league  

 

Liquid Imperial Measures
  Gallons Quarts Pints Gills
1 Tun (2 Butts) 219 2 1 1.82
1 Tun 209 3 1 2.22
1 Butt (6 Kilderkin) 109 3 0 2.91
1 Pipe 104 3 1 3.11
1 Punch (4 Kilderkin) 73 0 1 3.27
1 Puncheon 69 3 1 3.40
1 Hogshead (3 Kilderkin) 54 3 0 1.45
1 Barrel (2 Kilderkin) 36 2 0 3.64

1 Tierce

 34 3 1 3.70
1 Kilderkin (2 Firkin) 18 1 0 1.82
1 Runlet 14 3 1 3.87
1 Firkin 9 0 1 0.91
1 Anker 8 1 0 2.58
1 Gallon   4    
1 Quart     2  
1 Pint       4
Wine
1 Hogshead Tent 52      
1 Pipe Fayal 89      
1 Pipe Madeira 92      
1 Pipe Sicilian 93      
1 Pipe Tenerife 100      
1 Pipe Malaga 105      
1 Pipe Sherry 108      
1 Pipe Port 115      
1 Pipe Lisboa 117      
1 Aulm Hock/Moselle/Rhenish 30      
1 Tun Spanish Red 210      
1 Hogshead Claret/Bordeaux 46      
1 Hogshead at Cape 92      

 
 

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