Measurements

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 Grains

1 Coin

 

10 Drams

1 Peck/Pinch

 

10 Seeds

1 Finger

 

10 square Tips

1 Inch

10 Grains

1 Dram

 

10 Pecks

1 Spoon

 

10 Fingers

1 Hand

 

10 square Inches

1 Scroll

10 Drams

1 Ounce

 

2 Spoons

1 Vial

 

2 Hands

1 Feet

 

10 square Scrolls

1 Foot

3 Ounces

1 Pebble

 

4 Spoons

1 Sup

 

4 Hands

1 Pace

 

3 square Foots

1 Link

6 Ounces

1 Heft

 

6 Spoons

1 Flask

 

6 Hands

1 Qibit

 

7 square Foots

1 Chain

35 Coins

1 Pound

 

8 Spoons

1 Cup

 

8 Hands

1 Scope

 

10 square Foots

1 Perch

10 Ounces

1 Pound

 

10 Spoons

1 Pint

 

10 Hands

1 Yard

 

10 square Perches

1 Read

5 Pounds

1 Kain

 

5 pints

1 Pitch

 

10 Yards

1 Rod

 

10 square Reads

1 Farrow

10 Pounds

1 Stone

 

10 Pints

1 Gallon/Bucket

 

10 Rods

1 Furlong

 

10 square Farrows

1 Field

10 Stone

1 Mark

 

10 Gallons

1 Bushel/Barrel

 

10 Furlongs

1 Mile

 

10 square Fields

1 Acre

10 Marks

1 Ton

 

10 Bushels

1 Tun

 

10 Miles

1 League

 

10 square Acres

1 Stead

(editor’s Notes: I need to expand this page with the full scale conversions of each of the measurements.)

Goddess of Change, Mystery, Wonder, and Fun
Back To Top