Measurements

Measurements

Wyrlde’s measurements grew out of the post Bitter Road era and were “a significant mess” by the third Emperor, who declared certain standards and unified all of the chief measures through a set of fixed adamantine objects named Grains, Drams, Seeds, and Tips. They reside today in the Imperial Palace on Zefir, rumored to be stored in a sealed block of crystalline material. Copies of them are used in many places, alongside far more common tools developed from them for measuring. What follows are some of the common measurements used for four common needs: Weight, Volume, Length, and Area.

Certain measures are uncommon, and used often in special circumstances or are merely adaptations based on need. The one exception is the Coinweight, which is fixed and genuinely used everywhere. Beyond that, any measure where the lesser is not ten is a Customary use, such as Vials, Sups, Flasks, and Cups, or Feet.

Weight Volume Length Area
[0.5 Grams]1 Grain [0.29 ml]1 Dram [1.61 mm]1 Seed [0.0001 sq m)1 Tip
7 Grains1 Coin 10 Drams1 Peck/Pinch 10 Seeds1 Finger 10 square Tips1 Inch
10 Grains1 Dram 10 Pecks1 Spoon 10 Fingers1 Hand 10 square Inches1 Scroll
10 Drams1 Ounce 2 Spoons1 Vial 2 Hands1 Feet 10 square Scrolls1 Foot
3 Ounces1 Pebble 4 Spoons1 Sup 4 Hands1 Pace 3 square Foots1 Link
6 Ounces1 Heft 6 Spoons1 Flask 6 Hands1 Qibit 7 square Foots1 Chain
35 Coins1 Pound 8 Spoons1 Cup 8 Hands1 Scope 10 square Foots1 Perch
10 Ounces1 Pound 10 Spoons1 Pint 10 Hands1 Yard 10 square Perches1 Read
5 Pounds1 Kain 5 pints1 Pitch 10 Yards1 Rod 10 square Reads1 Farrow
10 Pounds1 Stone 10 Pints1 Gallon/Bucket 10 Rods1 Furlong 10 square Farrows1 Field
10 Stone1 Mark 10 Gallons1 Bushel/Barrel 10 Furlongs1 Mile 10 square Fields1 Acre
10 Marks1 Ton 10 Bushels1 Tun 10 Miles1 League 10 square Acres1 Stead
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