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A Dictionary of Units

This provides a summary of most of the units of measurement to be found in use around the world today (and a few of historical interest), together with the appropriate conversion factors needed to change them into a 'standard' unit of the S I.

Belgian units of measurement - Wikipedia

Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records

The Official Land Records Site for the United States. This site has a searchable database of more than five million (1820-present) Federal land conveyance records, including scanned images of those records. There are also images related to survey plats and field notes, dating back to 1810. The site does not currently contain every Federal title record issued for the Public Land States.

College of Chemistry - University of California at Berkeley - Common Equivalent Weights and Measures

Convert-Me.com - Measurements Converter: Conversion of Weights and Measures

English Customary Weights and Measures

Explains the origins of the system still in use in the United States.

English weights & measures

Information on many areas of measurement including historical.

Gamla svenska m

Weights and measures.

Gamle norske m

From Norsk Forlishistorisk Forening. Provides old Norwegian measurements included area, volume, and coinage.

German Genealogy: Old Units

Translation table of old to contemporary units of measurement. Includes area, length, volume, weights, counts, speed, coins, & worldwide measurements.

How Many? - A Dictionary of Units of Measurement

How many cloves in a stone? How many bushels to a seam? This is an encyclopedic listing of current, historical, and obscure measurements from around the world.

How to Read and Understand Legal Land Descriptions - Understanding Legal Land Descriptions

Imperial Weights and Measures

Index of Imperial Russian Weights & Measures

In order to find and use specific types of Russian records, resarchers need to be able to identify and understand some key terms in the Russian language. This glossary contains terms relating to weights and measures in Imperial Russia, transliterated from Russian, along with their English translations. The terms included here are those that you are likely to find in Russian genealogical sources.

Index of Imperial Russian Weights & Measures

From the Doukhobor Genealogy Website.

International Committee for Historical Metrology

The International Committee for Historical Metrology (CIMH) intends to develop and advance the research on the field of history of measures and weights.

Old Imperial Lengths & Areas, etc

Online Conversions - Conversion of Metric Units at Asknumbers.com

Conversions between different metrics of length, weight, temperature and more.

Sizes: The Online Quantinary

Spanish units of measurement (Wikipedia)