Carcel burner – an efficient lighting device used in the nineteenth century for domestic purposes and in France as the standard measure for illumination.In modern usage candlepower equates directly to the unit known as the candela. Candlepower – an obsolete unit expressing luminous intensity equal to 0.981 candela, it expresses levels of light intensity in terms of the light emitted by a candle of specific size and constituents.Its value was about 10 km (6.2 mi), although the exact value is disputed among scholars (between 8 and 13 km or 5 and 8 mi) Yojana – a Vedic measure of distance used in ancient India.Vara – an Aragonese, Spanish and Portuguese unit.Pyramid inch – a unit of length, believed to be equal to 1⁄ 25 of the cubit.Ligne – a French unit of length, roughly equal to 2.25 mm (0.089 in), or 9 points.In mining in the German-speaking countries, it was the primary unit of length. It was usually used to measure depth, tunnel driving and the size of mining fields it was also used for contract work. Lachter – a unit of length once used in the mining industry in most of Europe.It is around the same value as the vara of Aragon, Spain, and Portugal. Cana – a unit of length used in the former Crown of Aragon, at least in Catalonia. Button – a unit of length which has been used in the UK.Bamboo – also known as the Burmese league.Arş and Arşın – two Turkish units of length.Technical atmosphere – a unit of pressure.Pari – a unit of area equal to about 1 hectare.Bunarium (plural "bunaria") – a unit of area, equal to about 120 ares or 12,000 square metres.Antsingae – a unit of area, smaller than the bunarium.Several of these are obsolete: the oxgang, the virgate, and the carucate. An overview of farm-derived units of measurement.
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