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	WEIGHTS AND MEASURES - LoveToKnow Article on WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Local Con~rol.The necessary local inspection and verification of weights and measures in use for trade (as distinct from the verbal and written use of weights and measures) is in the United Kingdom undertaken by inspectors of weights and measures, who are appointed by the local authorities, as the county and borough councils.
		Customary Weights and Measures.In some districts of the United Kingdom, as well as in provincial districts of other countries, old local and customary denominations of weights and measures are still found to be in use, although their use may have been prohibited by law.
		Pharmaceutical Weights and Measures.By the Medical Act of 1858, and the Act of 1862, the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom are authorized to issue a Pharmacopoeia with reference to the weights and measures used in the preparation and dispensing of drugs, andc.
	45.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WE/WEIGHTS_AND_MEASURES.htm (16031 words)

	Learn more about Historical weights and measures in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Vedic measures were first used by the Indian Vedic civilization, and are still in use today—primarily for religious purposes in Hinduism and Jainism.
		The Roman system of measurement was built on the Greek system, and lives on to this day in the form of the Imperial system.
		In Finland, approximate measures derived from body parts and were used for a long time, some being later standardised for the purpose of commerce.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /h/hi/historical_weights_and_measures.html (3376 words)

	Systems of measurement - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Mesures usuelles (French for customary measurements) were a system of measurement introduced to act as compromise between the metric system and traditional measurements.
		Atomic units (au) are a convenient system of units of measurement used in atomic physics, particularly for describing the properties of electrons.
		In the History of measurement many of the units that we have records of, or at least the ones that have been used in Europe and around the Mediterranean are variations on older systemsoriginating in the Ancient Near East and Egypt.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Ancient_weights_and_measures (1017 words)

	Ancient Greek units of measurement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Greek system of weights and measures was built mainly upon the Egyptian, and formed the basis of the later Roman system.
		Several centuries later Marinus and Ptolomy used 500 stadia to a degree but their stadi were composed of 600 remen of 370 mm and measured 222 m so the measurement of the degree was the same.
		The 1771 Encyclopedia Britannica mentions a measure named ac√É¬¶na which was a rod ten (greek) feet long used in measuring land.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ancient_Greek_weights_and_measures (530 words)

	Glossary GREEK
		In ancient Greek architecture, a large open area at the heart of the city whose boundries are defined by the public buildings that surround it.
		The ancient Greek structure that is both literally and symbolically the gate to the sacred precinct.
		The ancient Greek outdoor structure used for footraces was most often built into a hillside or sloped area to provide seating for the spectators.
	architecture.arizona.edu /courses/arc103/trad103/tutorials/fundamentals/glossary/Greek.html (743 words)

	Ancient History Sourcebook: 11th Brittanica: History of Ancient Greece
		Greek colonization is, however, merely a continuation of the process which at an earlier epoch had led to the settlement, first of Cyprus, and then of the islands and coasts of the Aegean.
		The changes by which the character of the Greek democracies was revolutionized were four in number: the substitution of sortition for election, the abolition of a property qualification, the payment of officials and the rise of a class of professional politicians.
		ANCIENT AUTHORITIES.-(I.) For the earliest periods of Greek history, the socalled Minoan and Mycenaean, the evidence is purely archaeological.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/ancient/eb11-greece.html (22278 words)

	Epiphanius of Salamis, Weights and Measures (1935) pp.v-xii, 1-9. Foreword and introduction.
		The study of Greek xii was continued seriously and intensively in the Syriac world of scholarship to the 8th or 9th century (by translators for the Arabs), and a smattering of it remained to the 13th century (Barhebraeus).
		The curtailed portion of the Greek dealing with the weights and measures per se may be from the summary of that part.
		This is a mere catalogue of measures and is unmistakably interpolated in the midst of the discussion of the kor in both the Greek and the Syriac.
	www.tertullian.org /fathers/epiphanius_weights_02_intro.htm (5143 words)

	Encyclopedia: Atlantis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The "Lost city" of Atlantis was an ancient mythical island, whose existence and location have never been confirmed.
		The first references to Atlantis are from the classical Greek philosopher Plato, who said it was engulfed by the ocean as the result of an earthquake 9,000 years before his own time.
		Donnelly took Plato's account of Atlantis seriously and attempted to establish that all known ancient civilizations were descended from its high-neolithic culture.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Atlantis (496 words)

	Systems of measurement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the History of measurement many of the units that we have records of, or at least the ones that have been used in Europe and around the Mediterranean are variations on older systems originating in the Ancient Near East and Egypt.
		Mediæval systems of measurement evolved during the Dark and Middle Ages due to the agriculture-intensive way of life.
		The measures can be categorized by ever expanding commercial, political and religious spheres of influence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ancient_weights_and_measures (1122 words)

	Weights Used for Precious Metals, Gemstones, Coins
		The kilogram was defined as the weight of the International Prototype made of platinum and iridium which is held at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in Sèvres in France.
		An ancient unit which was originally based on the weight of a grain of wheat.
		Weight is the force exerted by the mass of the object due to gravitational attraction.
	www.24carat.co.uk /weights.html (1567 words)

	Weights, Measures and Volumes of the Ancient Mediterranean
		Grain weight, as a set ancient method for arriving at a weight standard, was derived from counted quantities of healthy wheat seeds and the original stone or metal "scale weights", used by ancient traders, merchants or official assayers were first determined by counting out exact numbers of wheat seeds.
		Identification of the number system that the ancient mathematicians wished to encode shall be the primary quest of this study and rate as more important than the true or actual "official" weight, volume or length found in a surviving weight standard artefact, volume vessel or measuring rod.
		The rod/ perch measurement of ancient Britain was 16.5 feet and the league was 16500 feet.
	www.celticnz.co.nz /Weights_Measures_Volumes/Weights_Measures.htm (17569 words)

	Ancient Greek Inventions (1/4)
		Anacharsis was a Scythian from a region influenced by Greek culture (Cimmerian Bosporus).
		The Greeks were aware of a new invention called caltrops, which could be scattered in front of their battle lines to disrupt the terrifying attacks of the massive Persian war elephants.
		Palamedes is assumed to have discovered counting and coinage, weights and measures (attributed also to Hermes), military ranks, the lighthouse and the game of pessoi (a forerunner of chess).
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Inventions.htm (3330 words)

	Greek numbers
		This meant that they each had their own currency, weights and measures etc. These in turn led to small differences in the number system between different states since a major function of a number system in ancient times was to handle business transactions.
		We know that the ancient Greeks had a somewhat different idea because the numbers were used in slightly different forms depending to what the number referred.
		A very similar system was also used in dealing with weights and measures which is not surprising since the value of money would certainly have evolved from a system of weights.
	www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/HistTopics/Greek_numbers.html (1648 words)

	Essenes, Essenic Studies, Gospel of the Holy Twelve, Essene history & more.
		Anciently called "The Greater Mysteries" as containing knowledges which for their interiorness were reserved for initiates of high degree.
		Crucifixion was never performed for ritual or symbolic reasons; it is an ancient method of execution in which the victim was tied or nailed to a large wooden cross (Latin: crux) and left to hang until dead.
		Nearly all ancient images of Jesus were destroyed during the iconoclastic periods of the eighth and ninth centuries.
	www.thenazareneway.com /index.htm (5812 words)

	Units of Measurement
		We measure the length of a race in meters, but the length of the long jump event in feet and inches.
		There are two systems for land measurement (one based on the yard and the other on the rod) and a third system for distances at sea.
		In this way, all the units of measurement Americans use every day are based on the standards of the metric system.
	www.unc.edu /~rowlett/units (854 words)

	Special page on anglo-saxon units
		The ancient yard (and foot) used in geodesic surveys is called the survey yard and the new one is the international yard.
		The Weights and Measures Act of 1824 defined an Imperial British Gallon to replace all others : it was to contain 10 pounds of pure water at 62°F (inspired by the decimal system ?) (= 4.54609 liters).
		Anecdote : the pennyweight was also defined in 1266 by Henry III as the weight of 32 wheatcorns taken in the middle of the ear.
	users.aol.com /jackproot/met/spvolas.html (3595 words)

	Articles - Stadion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The stadion (or stade) was an ancient foot race, part of the Olympic Games and the other Panhellenic Games.
		Though a separate event, the stadion was also part of the ancient pentathlon.
		The stadion (pl. stadia) was also a widely used unit of length in the ancient world, see ancient Greek weights and measures.
	www.crunner.com /articles/Stadion (270 words)

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		Ras Hafun is believed to be the location of the ancient trade center of "Opone".
		Ancient Egyptian, Roman Empire Roman and Persian Gulf pottery has been recovered from the site by an archaeology archaeological team from the University of Michigan.
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