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Hi, polyglots.

You may encounter units of measurements in foreign texts and wonder how much they are in units you are familiar with. Here is a list of them

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Area

region	time	unit	area in square metre	note
Austria	1876	Quadratklafter	3.597e0
Austria	1876	Mittmel	8.092e2	225 Quadratklafter
Austria	1876	Joch	5.755e3	1600 Quadratklafter

Length

region	time	unit	length in metre	note
Austria	1876	Punkt	1.829e-4
Austria	1876	Linie	2.195e-3	12 Punkt
Austria	1876	Zoll	2.634e-2	12 Linie
Austria	1876	Faust	1.054e-1	4 Zoll
Austria	1876	Spanne	2.107e-1	8 Zoll
Austria	1876	Fuß	3.161e-1	12 Zoll
Austria	1876	Klafter	1.896e0	6 Fuß
Austria	1876	Rute	3.161e0	10 Fuß
Austria	1876	Meile	7.586e3	24000 Fuß
Baden	1806	Fuß	3e-1
China	1915	háo 毫	3.2e-5
China	1915	lí 釐	3.2e-4	10 háo
China	1915	fēn 分	3.2e-3	10 lí
China	1915	cùn 寸	3.2e-2	10 fēn
China	1915	chǐ 尺	3.2e-1	10 cùn
China	1915	bù 步	1.6e0	5 chǐ
China	1915	zhàng 丈	3.2e0	10 chǐ
China	1915	yǐn 引	3.2e1	10 zhàng
China	1915	lǐ 里	5.76e2	18 yǐn
China	1930	háo 毫	3.333e-5
China	1930	lí 釐	3.333e-4	10 háo
China	1930	fēn 分	3.333e-3	10 lí
China	1930	cùn 寸	3.333e-2	10 fēn
China	1930	chǐ 尺	3.333e-1	10 cùn
China	1930	zhàng 丈	3.333e0	10 chǐ
China	1930	yǐn 引	3.333e1	10 zhàng
China	1930	lǐ 里	5e2	15 yǐn
Hesse	1806	Fuß	2.5e-1
Japan	1868	mō 毛、毫	3.03e-5
Japan	1868	rin 厘、釐	3.03e-4	10 mō
Japan	1868	bu 分	3.03e-3	10 rin
Japan	1868	sun 寸	3.03e-2	10 bu
Japan	1868	shaku 尺	3.03e-1	10 sun
Japan	1868	ken; hiro 間；尋	1.818e0	6 shaku; “hiro” is used for depth
Japan	1868	jō 丈	3.03e0	10 shaku
Japan	1868	chō 町	1.091e2	36 jō
Japan	1868	ri 里	3.927e3	36 jō
Korea	1905	ho; mo 호 / 毫; 모 / 毛	3.03e-5
Korea	1905	ri 리 / 釐, 厘	3.03e-4	10 ho
Korea	1905	bun; pun 분 / 分; 푼	3.03e-3	10 ri
Korea	1905	chon; chi 촌 / 寸; 치	3.03e-2	10 bun
Korea	1905	cheok; ja 척 / 尺; 자	3.03e-1	10 chon
Korea	1905	gan; bo 간 / 間; 보 / 步	1.818e0	6 cheok
Korea	1905	jang 장 / 丈	3.03e0	10 cheok
Korea	1905	jeong 정 / 町	1.091e2	36 jang
Korea	1905	ri 리 / 里	3.927e3	36 jeong
Palatinate	1806	Fuß	3.333e-1
Sachsen	1722	Postmeile	9.062e3
Sachsen	1840	kleine Postmeile	7.5e3
Switzerland	1806	Klafter	1.8e0

Volume

region	time	unit	volume in litre	note
Austria	1876	Pfiff	1.772e-1	used for fluids
Austria	1876	Seidel	3.544e-1	2 Pfiff; used for fluids
Austria	1876	Maß	1.418e0	4 Seidel; used for fluids
Austria	1876	Eimer	5.671e1	40 Maß; used for fluids

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