05-08-2021, 12:54 PM
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Hogsheads per furlong?
This is a quick read: www.dozenalsociety.org.uk: A Defence of Sacred Measures
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Sacred measures are those units which relate to natural constants on more than one scale and demonstrate the unity between the macrocosmic body of the universe and the human microcosm. The present British units, the foot, mile, acre etc, are by this definition sacred; the metric units are not. The origins of the two systems and the implications in their use are contrasted in the following paragraphs.
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