The name “Ceylon” has been used instead of Sri Lanka, as these units' primary use was in that era. Sri Lanka is metric.
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last |
2 2/3 |
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9 3/8 |
25 |
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8 |
75 |
200 |
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mercal |
2 |
16 |
150 |
400 |
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coornie |
2½ |
5 |
40 |
375 |
1000 |
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cut measure or seer |
4 4/5 |
12 |
24 |
192 |
1800 |
4800 |
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| cut chundroon | 4 |
19 1/5 |
48 |
96 |
768 |
7200 |
19,200 |
264.9 |
1.059 |
5.09 |
12.712 |
25.426 |
203.4 |
1906.9 |
5,084.8 |
Robert Montgomery Martin.
History of the Colonies of the British Empire in the West Indies, South
America, North America, Asia...
London: W. H. Allen & Co. and George Routledge, 1843.
Page 396.
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