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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
Germania	1876	Quadratklafter (Österreich)	3.597e0
Germania	1876	Mittmel (Österreich)	8.092e2	225 Quadratklafter (Österreich)
Germania	1876	Joch (Österreich)	5.755e3	1600 Quadratklafter (Österreich)

Length

region	time	unit	length in metre	note
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	180 zhàng
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 wēn
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	150 zhàng
Germania	1722	Postmeile (Sachsen)	9.062e3
Germania	1806	Fuß (Hessen)	2.5e-1
Germania	1806	Fuß (Baden)	3e-1
Germania	1806	Fuß (Pfalz)	3.333e-1
Germania	1806	Klafter (Schweiz)	1.8e0
Germania	1840	kleine Postmeile (Sachsen)	7.5e3
Germania	1876	Punkt (Österreich)	1.829e-7
Germania	1876	Linie (Österreich)	2.195e-3
Germania	1876	Zoll (Österreich)	2.634e-2
Germania	1876	Faust (Österreich)	1.054e-1
Germania	1876	Spanne (Österreich)	2.107e-1
Germania	1876	Fuß (Österreich)	3.161e-1
Germania	1876	Klafter (Österreich)	1.896e-1
Germania	1876	Rute (Österreich)	3.161e0
Germania	1876	Meile (Österreich)	7.586e3
Japan	1868	mō 毛、毫	3.03e-5
Japan	1868	rin 厘、釐	3.03e-4
Japan	1868	bu 分	3.03e-3
Japan	1868	sun 寸	3.03e-2
Japan	1868	shaku 尺	3.03e-1
Japan	1868	ken; hiro 間；尋	1.818e0	“hiro” is used for depth
Japan	1868	jō 丈	3.03e0
Japan	1868	chō 町	1.091e2
Japan	1868	ri 里	3.927e3
Korea	1905	ho; mo 호 / 毫; 모 / 毛	3.03e-5
Korea	1905	ri 리 / 釐, 厘	3.03e-4
Korea	1905	pun; bun 푼; 분 / 分	3.03e-3
Korea	1905	chi; chon 치; 촌 / 寸	3.03e-2
Korea	1905	ja; cheok 자; 척 / 尺	3.03e-1
Korea	1905	gan; bo 간 / 間; 보 / 步	1.818e0
Korea	1905	jang 장 / 丈	3.03e0
Korea	1905	jeong 정 / 町	1.091e2
Korea	1905	ri 리 / 里	3.927e3

Volume

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

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